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Motortechno

Motortechno

Von: Rod Fry & Ricky Ambury
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 **Motortechno: Machine Soul, Deep Friendship, and the Underground Spirit** Born in 2005 at the intersection of friendship and obsession with machine soul, Motortechno began life as an internet radio show broadcast from a ground-floor flat in Chorlton, Manchester. What started with Rod Fry mixing live every Sunday evening on York house institution Freakin soon expanded when fellow York University techno devotee Ricky Ambury joined the rotation. Not long after, Ricky brought in his childhood friend Tom Long, and together the trio built a platform that mirrored the underground sounds they championed: raw, unfiltered, and bursting with energy. The show migrated to Future Music—a station featuring heavy hitters like Mark Archer of rave pioneers Altern-8—where it found a broader audience and added editorial muscle through interviews with icons like Ben Sims and guest mixes from legends including DJ Bone. When Ricky and Tom both landed in Manchester, Motortechno evolved from broadcast into a series of unforgettable club nights at venues like Joshua Brooks and Paradise Factory, celebrating Northern talent like Head Front Panel and Adam Rayner alongside heavyweights Sou Tai and O/V/R. Across five years, Motortechno carved out a niche as a gathering point for lovers of techno, house, and electro—a space where the music and the community were everything. After the broadcasts ceased, the crew stayed active. Tom became a fixture at Manchester’s biggest techno events, including legendary nights at Sankeys, later co-founding the popular Hold It Down parties. Rod launched his 7 Segment project in London, playing standout sets at Option One boat parties on the Thames. Ricky… well, Ricky occasionally recorded the odd mix. Tragically, in 2016, Tom was diagnosed with a brain tumour. He passed away in 2019 at just 33 years old, leaving an enormous hole in the lives of those who loved him. But Tom’s spirit remains inextricably tied to the music and friendships he helped forge. In 2022, Tom’s close friend and Hold It Down co-founder Andy Ollerhead organised Here for Long—a memorial party delayed by the pandemic. Rod and Ricky returned to the booth together as Motortechno, paying tribute to their fallen brother in the only way that felt right. The emotional reunion was repeated in 2024, as playing together became a means of remembrance, reconnection, and celebration. Now, Motortechno enters its next phase. Rod and Ricky are reviving the name as a monthly podcast, continuing to honour Tom’s memory and the spirit of the underground. Each episode features two to three hours of mixes—by them and occasional guests from across the UK’s electronic music underground—keeping alive the culture that shaped their friendship and defined their sound. If the music moves you, please consider supporting via Patreon. All proceeds go directly to Tom Long’s Brain Tumour Research fundraising page. Peace x **The Motortechno Crew**Copyright 2026 Rod Fry & Ricky Ambury Musik
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  • Motortechno 04

    Motortechno 04
    Jan 21 2026

    The first Motortechno of 2026 is now up in the cloud and ready to be streamed directly into your noggins.

    Rod kicks things off with a moody mix befitting the depths of winter. It’s packed with high quality hypnotic and hardgroove cuts to groove to.

    We end with an electro only mix from Ricky that takes in the genre's full spectrum of sounds from the more modern dubstep-tinged, to acid breaks, electro booty and soaring synths.

    Tune in, turn it up and enjoy.

    If you like what you hear, please give generously at patreon.com/motortechno in aid of Brain Tumour Research.

    We’ll be back next month with an innuendo laden Valentine's Special so, erm, look forward to that one.

    Enjoy x

    Motortechno

    Tracklist

    Part One - Rod

    01 Pres - Jungle Dive

    02 Shed - EMCZ

    03 Biemsix - Gonna Remember

    04 Flits - Solo

    05 Kaspiann - Four (Mohlao Remix)

    06 Dalo - Wavehall

    07 Pierce - Sidequest

    08 Mefteh - Comfort Zone

    09 Kaiser - Voices From Nowhere

    10 Shlomi Aber - Limelight

    11 Ribé - Elementary Particle

    12 Truncate & DJ Hyperactive - Universal Function

    13 Subjected - Thtswhtwnt

    14 Uncertain - Spin

    15 NWHR - Portage

    16 NEMESIS - Critical substance

    17 Toni Alvarez - Magalenha


    Part Two - Ricky

    01 Aryaxz - c0NN3cTi0n

    02 Shy Girl - Nike

    03 Hermeth - Do ma ting

    04 Villager - Dogma

    05 Villager - Need Right

    06 G303 - Mooi as Fuck (Gima Gastolër mix)

    07 Franz & Shape v TenGrams - Quantum Drift

    08 Privacy - Go

    09 Conkordance Records - Specific Impulse

    10 Human Rebellion & Power - Fake Reality (Nite Fleit Remix)

    11 Ninechecker - A Very English Wind

    12 Client_03 - Thought Disposal

    13 Mary Droppinz - Pink Lambo

    14 Gora & Eloy - Pop That

    15 Vitaly Reznakov - Starseed

    16 Dirk Wiertz - Space is the Place

    17 Dany Rodriguez - Beyond

    18 Phoenecia - Odd Job (Adult’s Compurhythm Version)

    19 James Shinra - Float

    20 Freeform Five - Perspex Sex (Ewan’s Hi-NRG Remix)

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  • Motortechno 03

    Motortechno 03
    Dec 27 2025

    Merry Christmas ya’ filthy animals. It’s the Motortechno Festive Special.

    Rod kicks things off with some driving, hypnotic techno, before slipping into some quality electro and ending on some bangers.

    The show closes with Ricky playing an hour of pounders. As our hero Partridge would say, ‘it’s balls out of the bath with this one, Lynne.’

    As ever, it’s interspersed with two middle-aged men talking about techno (briefly). This time one of us is live via satellite from Southern Cali.

    However you’re spending your Christmas, have a great one.

    And don’t forget to give generously at patreon.com/motortechno in aid of Brain Tumour Research.

    Catch y’all in 2026.

    Enjoy x

    Motortechno

    Tracklist

    Part One - Rod

    01 Biemsix - Heroin Berlin

    02 Chlär - Populism Is Money

    03 Planetary Assault Systems - Strange Attractor (Chlär Reassembly)

    04 Chlär - Panopticon

    05 Extrawelt - Added Planet (Dead Quadrant Edit)

    06 BLUMITSU - Atom

    07 Vema-Diodes - Piranha

    08 Replicants - Any Questions?

    09 VC-118A - OP

    10 GLYNY - Push Pull

    11 Klint - Forces

    12 Ackermann - Kintsugi

    13 Andromeda - Lost Planet

    14 Vil - Monojunk

    15 Juan Sanchez - Stall Tactic

    16 Don Rimini, Jackin Trax - Give Me A Clap

    17 Uncertain - Active

    Part Two - Ricky

    01 Astronomical Telegram - Amazonas 04

    02 Sxnxrxs - Eternal Crescent

    03 Hurdslenk - Sirens

    04 LØUIS L.P - Kinetic Energy

    05 Oscar Mulero - Take the pleasures from the serpent

    06 Jeroen Search - The curve

    07 Octaviou - Altered

    08 Ignez - Satindancer

    09 DJ Shufflemaster - Experience (Surgeon mix)

    10 Tim Xavier & Deepchild - Dank Junket

    11 Pyramidial Decode - Fighter

    12 DJ Rush - Get on Up (Thomas Schumacher remix)

    13 Ritzi Lee - Transit

    14 Inox Traxx - DSF

    15 1morning - A bastard work is never done

    16 Gary Beck - Hopper (KiNK re-rub)

    17 DJ Funk - Run (UK Extended mix)

    18 Lewis Fautzi - Inwards

    19 Girls of the Internet - Something (Deetron extended mix)

    20 Jeff Mills - The jingle bells (Iban Zero mix)

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  • Motortechno 02

    Motortechno 02
    Dec 7 2025

    OK, so we weren’t back in November but pretty close. Motortechno Episode 2 is now live.

    This time there's no messin’: just under two hours of pure techno.

    Ricky kicks things off with a summer-tinged hour of hardgroove sounds - largely influenced by the fact he recorded it in the summer. (We told you we’d been procrastinating with this podcast for most of the year…)

    Then we end with a set from Rod that is what he, Tom and I would call ‘nails techno’. Not a recognised sub-genre but you get the idea.

    Enjoy x

    Motortechno

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    Tracklist

    Part One - Ricky

    01 Planetary Assault Systems - Catch 23

    02 Funk Assault - _init_(eden)

    03 Truncate - Dust 1

    04 Shlomi Aber - Limelight (Aber’s Broken Mix)

    05 Planetary Assault Systems - Devotion

    06 Truncate - Jerk (Bassline Mix)

    07 Dave Clarke - Southside (2023 Remaster)

    08 Trax Unit - Funky Bug

    09 Aitor Ronda - Never Say Never

    10 Nate Lauence - Old Soul

    11 Truncate - The Way I Am

    12 Funk Assault - Pleasure Domes

    13 Dimi Angélis - Shada

    14 The Southern - Do Something

    15 Uncertain - Spirit

    16 Mark Williams - Your Eyes

    17 Roku - Acid Amnesia

    18 Kerri Chandler - You Are In My System (Faster Horses Sport Mix)

    19 Narciss - Forbidden Fruit (Extended Mix)


    Part Two - Rod

    01 Rene Wise & Rødhåd - 190209.1

    02 b.mod - Modulation

    03 Andc - Inculto

    04 Tenzella - Lucid

    05 The subdermic - Motorcade

    06 Mat Lionis - Sandqvist 169 (Hunt & Peck Remix)

    07 Chlär - Populism Is Money

    08 Ackermann - Scars of Gold

    09 Michael Klein - Sirena

    10 NØRBAK - Malta 6AM

    11 KUSS - Panic

    12 S-file - Sirens

    13 Doug Cooney - Vertical Tangent

    14 ASEC - High Tool

    15 PROXYMA - Strategic Love

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