Expert Knob Twiddlers

Mike & Rich
Studio album by Mike & Rich
Released	June 1996
Recorded	1993
Genre	Ambient, Techno
Length	57:51
Label	Rephlex Records CAT 027
Producer	Mike Paradinas, Richard D. James

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Mike & Rich is an ambient-techno album by Mike Paradinas and Richard D. James. It was released in 1996 on Rephlex Records. The album is also known as Expert Knob Twiddlers.

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 throughout; 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. According to Paradinas, the collaboration was partially inspired by James' unreleased Melodies from Mars project.

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.

The caption on the cover similarly is written in the style of that on the MB game, and reads: "Cleverly manoeuvre 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!"

An unused track from the Mike & Rich sessions, "Brivert & Muons", was posted on the Planet Mu website around the time of the album's release, but is no longer available.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

1. "Mr. Frosty" – 6:51
2. "Jelly Fish" – 6:30
3. "Eggy Toast" – 4:07
4. "Reg" – 5:57
5. "Vodka" – 4:12
6. "Winner Takes All" – 5:44
7. "Giant Deflating Football" – 6:22
8. "Upright Kangaroo" – 3:31
9. "The Sound of Beady Eyes" – 7:46
10. "Bu Bu Bu Ba" – 6:51