Expert Knob Twiddlers

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.^[1]

The caption on the cover reads: "Cleverly maneuver your records onto the platters and then listen to the tracks in the right order to win! But watch out-the tracks are different on each side you could be helping your opponent instead of helping yourself!"

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

[edit] References

^ Downfall box art at boardgamegeek.com

v • d • e Richard D. James

As Aphex Twin	Digeridoo (1992) – Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992) – Xylem Tube EP (1992) – On (1993) – Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994) – Classics (1994) – Ventolin (1995) – ...I Care Because You Do (1995) – Melodies from Mars (unreleased) (1995) – Donkey Rhubarb (1995) – Girl/Boy EP (1996) – Richard D. James (1996) – 51/13—Aphex Singles Collection (1996) – Come to Daddy (1997) – Windowlicker (1999) – drukqs (2001) – 26 Mixes for Cash (2003) Analord 10 (2005) – Chosen Lords (2006)

As AFX	Analogue Bubblebath (1991) – Analogue Bubblebath 2 – (1991) – Analogue Bubblebath 3 (1993) – Analogue Bubblebath 4 (1994) – Analogue Bubblebath 5 (unreleased) (1995) – Hangable Auto Bulb (1995) – Analogue Bubblebath 3.1 – (1997) – 2 Remixes By AFX (2001) – Smojphace EP (2003) – Analords 1-9, 11 (2005) – AFX/LFO (2005) – Chosen Lords (2006)

As Polygon Window	Surfing on Sine Waves (1993) – Quoth (1993)

As Power-Pill	Pac-Man (1992)

As Bradley Strider	Bradley's Beat (1991) – Bradley's Robot (1993)

As Caustic Window	Joyrex J4 EP (1992) – Joyrex J5 EP (1992) – Joyrex J9i (1993) – Joyrex J9ii (1993) – Untitled (unreleased) (1994) – Compilation (1998)

As GAK	GAK (1994)

As Q-Chastic	Q-Chastic EP (unreleased) (1992)

As Green Calx	Green Calx (unreleased) (1993)

With Mike & Rich	Expert Knob Twiddlers (1996)

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