Expert Knob Twiddlers
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| Studio album by Mike & Rich | ||
| Released | June 1996 | |
| Recorded | 1994 | |
| Genre | Ambient/Techno | |
| Length | 57:51 | |
| Label | Rephlex Records CAT 027 | |
| Producer(s) | Richard D. James, Mike Paradinas | |
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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 June of 1996.
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 Down Fall by Milton Bradley Company, designed as a parody of the original game's box art.[1]
A song titled "Brivert & Muons" was left over from the session and was released via Mike Paradinas's official website in mp3 format.[citation needed]
[edit] 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
