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  Name Expert Knob Twiddlers
  Cover ExpertKnobTwiddlersjpg
  Type Album
  Artist Mike & Rich
  Released July 1996
  Recorded 1994
  Genre Ambient , Techno , Jazz
  Length 57:51
  Label Rephlex Records <small>CAT 027</small>
  Producer Richard D James , Mike Paradinas
  Last Album &nbsp
  This Album ''Expert Knob Twiddlers'' <br />(1996)
  Next Album &nbsp


''Expert Knob Twiddlers'' is an Ambient - Techno album by '''Mike & Rich''', more commonly known as Mike Paradinas and Richard D. James , respectively. The album was released in July of 1996. The album is also known as '''''Mike & Rich''''' and is listed as such in the Rephlex catalog.

The album is an amalgam of the music stylings of Aphex Twin and µ-ziq, complete with peculiar samples of Jazz and of the human Anatomy ; "Upright Kangaroo" features a prominent sample of a Belch as part of the beat. Familiar elements of both artists' works appear through; for example, "Winner Takes All" features a beat quite similar to that of "cow cud is a twin" from Aphex Twin's album '' ...I Care Because You Do '', at a much faster tempo.

The Album Cover features Mike and Rich playing the game Downfall by Milton Bradley Company , designed as a parody of the original game's box art. Downfall box art at boardgamegeek.com

A song titled "Brivert & Muons" was left over from the session and was released via Mike Paradinas's official website in mp3 format.


TRACK LISTING

#"Mr Frosty" – 6:51
#"Jelly Fish" – 6:30
#"Eggy toast" – 4:07
#"Reg" – 5:57
#"Vodka" – 4:12
#"Winner Takes All" – 5:44
#"Giant Deflating Football" – 6:22
#"Upright Kangaroo" – 3:31
#"The Sound of beady Eyes" – 7:46
#"bu bu bu ba" – 6:51


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