Aphex Twin and µ-Ziq Announce Expert Knob Twiddlers Reissue, Share Unreleased Track

In 1996, Aphex Twin (aka Richard D. James) and µ-Ziq (aka Mike Paradinas) released a record as a duo. The self-titled Mike & Rich album (popularly known as Expert Knob Twiddlers) came out that June. Now, Paradinas is reissuing the album—originally out on Rephlex, the label Aphex Twin co-owned—through his own imprint, Planet Mu. The record has, according to the press release, been put into a “more fitting” order and bulked up with seven unreleased tracks. Below, you can listen to one of them, “Vodka (Mix2),” and check out the artwork, tracklist, and a creepy new press shot.

In an interview from 1997, Paradinas described the album as “an updated version of easy listening and funk.”

Read our feature, “Strange Visitor: A Conversation with Aphex Twin.”  

Expert Knob Twiddlers:

DISC 1:

01 Mr. Frosty
02 Reg
03 Jelly Fish
04 Eggy Toast
05 Vodka
06 Winner Takes All
07 Upright Kangaroo
08 Giant Deflating Football
09 The Sound Of The Beady Eyes
10 Bu Bu Bu Ba

DISC 2:

01 Vodka (Mix 2)
02 Portamento Gosh
03 Waltz
04 Brivert & Muonds
05 Clissold Bathroom
06 Jelly Fish (Mix 2)
07 Organ Plodder

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