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Expert Knob Twiddlers

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Expert Knob Twiddlers
Studio album by
Mike & Rich
Released June 24, 1996  ( 1996-06-24 )
Recorded 1994 [1]
Genre
Length 57 : 51
Label Rephlex
Richard D. James chronology
Hangable Auto Bulb
(1995) 		Expert Knob Twiddlers
(1996) 		Girl/Boy EP
(1996)

Expert Knob Twiddlers is a 1996 studio album by Mike Paradinas and Richard D. James . It was released in 1996 on Rephlex Records and is the only release credited to the two as Mike & Rich. [4]

On 14 July 2016 Planet Mu announced that a reissued version would be released with seven bonus tracks in September 2016. [5]

Production [ edit ]

Mike Paradinas described the sound of the album as "an updated version of easy listening and funk ". [6] James had heard the music Paradinas had made under the name of Jake Slazenger and invited him to create tracks. [1] Paradinas noted James had invited other artists to collaborate with him, including Luke Vibert , Squarepusher and Cylob and was honoured that his collaborative tracks were chosen for the release. [1] Both artists were getting drunk while developing tracks, something that Paradinas stated that neither artist regularly did. [1]

The track "Giant Deflating Football" was written during the 1994 FIFA World Cup . [1] Paradinas noted that the two "were able to quite quickly write a large amount of material. 'Giant Deflating Football' is named because it had some quite weird percussion sounds made by scraping and blowing in a microphone. It sounded like a big wheezing football. We took a bit of acid afterwards to listen to it, and we were coming out with some imagery like 'Beady Eyes,' which is mentioned in one of the tracks." [1]

Release [ edit ]

The cover of the album features Paradinas and James playing the Milton Bradley game Downfall , whilst also parodying the box art of the original game. [7]

Expert Knob Twiddlers was released by Rephlex Records on 24 June 1996 on audio cassette , compact disc and vinyl . [8] Paradinas felt the album should have been released as early as 1994, stating that "At that time, that style was something that no one else had done [...] It wasn't like anything anyone heard before really. By the time it did come out, a lot of things came out like Lisa Carbon Trio aka Lisa Carbon aka Lisa Carbon & Friends (band has albums on different listings) and there was a lot of revived interest in easy listening. Neither of us was prepared for it." [6]

On 19 July 2016 the song "Vodka (Mix 2)" was released with the announcement of the album's 2016 reissue. [9]

Reception [ edit ]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [10]
Pitchfork 6.6/10 [11]

The Guardian gave the album three stars, calling it "a lovingly kitsch collaboration" and that the album "might easily have been a loathsomely ironic exercise." stating that the track "Mr. Frosty" made the album "worth owning". [12] The review concluded that "much of the rest is indulgent piffle." [12] AllMusic gave the album four stars, while noting that the mixed styles of James and Paradinas "cancels out the particular attractions of both artists, and the listener is left with a somewhat bland album. Fans of Aphex and μ-Ziq will be excited, but newcomers should go elsewhere before they dig this deep." [10] In retrospective reviews, Pitchfork described it as "just a playful, occasionally inspired time capsule of the 1990s." [11]

Track listing [ edit ]

1996 release [13]
No. Title Length
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 the Beady Eyes" 7:46
10. "Bu Bu Bu Ba" 6:51

2016 CD reissue [ edit ]

Source: [14]

Disc one
No. Title Length
1. "Mr. Frosty" 6:53
2. "Reg" 5:56
3. "Jelly Fish" 6:01
4. "Eggy Toast" 4:32
5. "Vodka" 4:12
6. "Winner Takes All" 5:44
7. "Upright Kangaroo" 3:32
8. "Giant Deflating Football" 6:21
9. "The Sound of the Beady Eyes" 7:46
10. "Bu Bu Bu Ba" 6:52
Disc two
No. Title Length
11. "Vodka" (Mix 2) 4:22
12. "Portamento Gosh" 2:02
13. "Waltz" 5:24
14. "Brivert & Muonds" 6:17
15. "Clissold Bathroom" 0:54
16. "Jelly Fish" (Mix 2) 5:21
17. "Organ Plodder" 4:15
Digital exclusive track
No. Title Length
18. "Upright Kangaroo" (Mix 2) 4:33

Personnel [ edit ]

Adapted from the Expert Knob Twiddlers liner notes: [13]

Footnotes [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bulut, Selim (8 September 2015). "The 20 tracks that define Planet Mu, according to Mike Paradinas" . Dummy . Archived from the original on 23 September 2015 . Retrieved 27 November 2015 .
  2. ^ Twells, John. "Aphex Twin and μ-Ziq's Expert Knob Twiddlers gets expanded reissue" . FACT . Retrieved 9 September 2016 .
  3. ^ a b Bush, John. "Aphex Twin | Biography & History" . AllMusic . Retrieved 9 July 2016 .
  4. ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Aphex Twin" . www.trouserpress.com .
  5. ^ Twells, John. "Aphex Twin and μ-Ziq's Expert Knob Twiddlers gets expanded reissue" . Fact Mag . Retrieved 19 July 2016 .
  6. ^ a b "u-Ziq Interview by Jason Gross" . Perfect Sound Forever . September 1997 . Retrieved 27 November 2015 .
  7. ^ Buckley 2003 , p. 35.
  8. ^ "[Inside Promo Sheet]". Expert Knob Twiddlers (Media notes). Mike & Rich. Rephlex Records. 1996. CAT 027 LP. {{ cite AV media notes }} : CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link )
  9. ^ Lozano, Kevin (19 July 2016). "Aphex Twin and μ-Ziq Announce Expert Knob Twiddlers Reissue, Share Unreleased Track" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 19 July 2016 .
  10. ^ a b Bush, John. "Expert Knob Twiddlers" . AllMusic . Retrieved 27 November 2015 .
  11. ^ a b Richardson, Mark (30 September 2016). "Expert Knob Twiddlers" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 26 December 2016 .
  12. ^ a b Bennun, David (19 July 1996). "Dance". The Guardian . London: Guardian News & Media Limited. p. A12. ISSN   0261-3077 .
  13. ^ a b "[Inside sleeve]". Expert Knob Twiddlers (Media notes). Mike & Rich. Rephlex Records . 1996. cat027cd. {{ cite AV media notes }} : CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link )
  14. ^ Slingerland, Calum. "Aphex Twin and μ-Ziq Treat 'Expert Knob Twiddlers' to Expanded Reissue" . Exclaim . Retrieved 19 July 2016 .

References [ edit ]

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