Show overview
Motortechno launched in 2025 and has put out 7 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 15 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 1h 55m and 2h 6m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Music show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 weeks ago, with 4 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Rod Fry & Ricky Ambury.
From the publisher
**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**
Latest Episodes
Motortechno 07 - Darkmode
Ep 6Motortechno 06 - Mark Archer
EExcited doesn’t even come close to describing how we feel about our first guest mix for the Motortechno redux. Please be upstanding for Mr Mark Archer. As far as rave legends go, you won’t find many higher up the list than Mark Archer. Founding member of Bizarre Inc, one half of Nexus 21 and Altern 8, and also recorded solo under a plethora of monikers such as DJ Nex, Trackman, and Slo Moshun… Mark is quite simply one of the most important and influential dance music producers of the last two decades. Still writing and DJing out across the globe, everything from jacking acid, classic techno, funk, hardcore, hip-hop, and of course his most notorious speciality genre: Old Skool Rave – Mark Archer is a resident at Bangface Weekender, and also a regular guest at top music events such as Glastonbury, Shindig Festival, Boomtown and many more…Mark has shared an exclusive mix with us made-up entirely of his own productions. It is class. Enjoy.Before getting stuck into that, Ricky serves up some Detroit sounds that segue into rave-tinged techno in honour of our esteemed guest. We’ll be back next month with another guest mix from one of our favourite underground techno producers, Darkmode. Enjoy xMotortechno https://linktr.ee/motortechnoTracklistPart One - Ricky01 Kyle Hall - Big Momma Tech02 Austin Ato ft David Giles II - Work (Extended Mix)03 BLACK GIRL / WHITE GIRL - Ascension 04 Rino Cerrone - Rilis 02 - Untitled 05 Paperclip People - The Climax06 Girls of the Internet ft. Princess Precious - Your Love07 Private Press - TH300008 Kingpin Cartel - Ghetto 09 Jorge Zamacona - Doom Dub 10 Frank De Wulf - Magic Orchestra (PAS Live Jack Edit)11 Fjaak - Don’t Leave Me12 Ignition Technician - Throw Your Hands 13 Ben Sims - Genesis 14 Justin Robertson - Acid Rave Music (Phil Kieran Remix) Part Two - Mark Archer 01 Mark Archer - Heifer Nation02 Mark Archer - Tuned For The D03 Mark Archer - Triangle 04 Mark Archer - Riser05 Mark Archer - The Future06 Mark Archer - Chuch07 Mark Archer - I Said Funky08 Mark Archer - Cogzy09 Mark Archer - 21:4110 Trackman - Smoothin11 Mark Archer - Dream Plant12 Mark Archer - In The Pressence Of Beauty13 Mark Archer - The Way14 Mark Archer - Pattern 27
Ep 5Motortechno 05
EThe Motortechno Valentine’s special is here. Sent with love from Rod and Ricky to you, dear listener. In a feat of incredible commitment, which involved searching his Rekordbox for anything loosely related to Valentine’s, Ricky opens with an hour of love-fuelled house, techno, ghetto-tech and OG Chicago house. Of course, being a master romantic, Dr Love, aka Rod, takes a more subtle approach to proceedings but still ends up administering a pounding (sorry). It’s all foreplay at the start with funky, Detroit sounds, before fingers and thumbs electro, ending on an emotional climax (again, sorry).Next month, the lame innuendos are no more. Not least because we are welcoming our first guest. More details to be revealed soon but suffice to say they are a bonafida legend of UK electronic music. Enjoy xMotortechno TracklistPart One - Ricky01 Client_03 - Ur_Luv02 Ben Sims - Love And hurt (Gary Beck Remix)03 Head High - Its A Love Thing (Piano Invasion) 04 Donna Summer - I Feel Love (DJ Sneak Remix) 05 For Those I Love - I Have A Love (Overmono Remix) 06 Move D - I Gave My Love (Shan and Gerd Janson Edit) 07 Confidential Recipe - Work It For Luv08 Kevin Yost - It’s Getting Bigger 09 1morning - Push 10 Ackermann - Heartbreak 11 Len Faki - Sexuality (My Reality) (Hardspace Mix) 12 DJ Deoon - Suck It 13 DJ Funk - Work Da Body14 DJ Funk - Pop Da Pussy 15 DJ Rush - Sex Me All Night Long16 Mr De - Sex On My Mind 17 Parris Mitchell Project - Fuckin With Da Drums18 Mr Fingers - Finger Fuck Part Two - Rod01 HLX-1 - Come to Me (Mark Flash DTFA Rework)02 Frankie Bones - Walking03 Louisahhh - Love Is a Punk (Spencer Parker Remix)04 Third Culture - U Move05 Voltaire - Wave Function06 OCB - Algorhythmic Control07 DJ Bone - Celestial Circuits 08 Ken Ishii - Sunset Flight09 Uncertain - Conga10 Don Rimini & Jackin Trax - Supadelicious11 Jay Denham - Detroit 12 Ben Sims - Solicitude 13 Don Rimini & Jackin Trax - Sick & Freak14 Anika Kunst - Detox 15 Dubfire - Dark Matter (Drumcell Remix) 16 Eats Everything - Best (Confidential Recipe Raw Remix) 17 Trunkline - More Perc (Arnaud Le Texier Remix)18 Laurent Garnier - Sake Stars Feverhttps://linktr.ee/motortechno
Ep 4Motortechno 04
EThe 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 xMotortechno TracklistPart One - Rod01 Pres - Jungle Dive02 Shed - EMCZ03 Biemsix - Gonna Remember04 Flits - Solo05 Kaspiann - Four (Mohlao Remix)06 Dalo - Wavehall07 Pierce - Sidequest08 Mefteh - Comfort Zone09 Kaiser - Voices From Nowhere10 Shlomi Aber - Limelight11 Ribé - Elementary Particle12 Truncate & DJ Hyperactive - Universal Function13 Subjected - Thtswhtwnt14 Uncertain - Spin15 NWHR - Portage16 NEMESIS - Critical substance17 Toni Alvarez - MagalenhaPart Two - Ricky01 Aryaxz - c0NN3cTi0n02 Shy Girl - Nike 03 Hermeth - Do ma ting04 Villager - Dogma 05 Villager - Need Right06 G303 - Mooi as Fuck (Gima Gastolër mix)07 Franz & Shape v TenGrams - Quantum Drift08 Privacy - Go09 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 Lambo14 Gora & Eloy - Pop That15 Vitaly Reznakov - Starseed16 Dirk Wiertz - Space is the Place17 Dany Rodriguez - Beyond 18 Phoenecia - Odd Job (Adult’s Compurhythm Version) 19 James Shinra - Float20 Freeform Five - Perspex Sex (Ewan’s Hi-NRG Remix) https://linktr.ee/motortechno
Ep 3Motortechno 03
EMerry 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 xMotortechno TracklistPart One - Rod01 Biemsix - Heroin Berlin02 Chlär - Populism Is Money03 Planetary Assault Systems - Strange Attractor (Chlär Reassembly)04 Chlär - Panopticon05 Extrawelt - Added Planet (Dead Quadrant Edit)06 BLUMITSU - Atom07 Vema-Diodes - Piranha08 Replicants - Any Questions?09 VC-118A - OP10 GLYNY - Push Pull11 Klint - Forces12 Ackermann - Kintsugi13 Andromeda - Lost Planet14 Vil - Monojunk15 Juan Sanchez - Stall Tactic16 Don Rimini, Jackin Trax - Give Me A Clap17 Uncertain - ActivePart Two - Ricky01 Astronomical Telegram - Amazonas 0402 Sxnxrxs - Eternal Crescent03 Hurdslenk - Sirens04 LØUIS L.P - Kinetic Energy05 Oscar Mulero - Take the pleasures from the serpent06 Jeroen Search - The curve07 Octaviou - Altered08 Ignez - Satindancer09 DJ Shufflemaster - Experience (Surgeon mix)10 Tim Xavier & Deepchild - Dank Junket11 Pyramidial Decode - Fighter12 DJ Rush - Get on Up (Thomas Schumacher remix)13 Ritzi Lee - Transit14 Inox Traxx - DSF15 1morning - A bastard work is never done16 Gary Beck - Hopper (KiNK re-rub)17 DJ Funk - Run (UK Extended mix)18 Lewis Fautzi - Inwards19 Girls of the Internet - Something (Deetron extended mix)20 Jeff Mills - The jingle bells (Iban Zero mix)https://linktr.ee/motortechno
Ep 2Motortechno 02
EOK, 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 xMotortechno https://linktr.ee/motortechnoTracklistPart One - Ricky01 Planetary Assault Systems - Catch 2302 Funk Assault - _init_(eden) 03 Truncate - Dust 104 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 Bug09 Aitor Ronda - Never Say Never10 Nate Lauence - Old Soul11 Truncate - The Way I Am12 Funk Assault - Pleasure Domes13 Dimi Angélis - Shada14 The Southern - Do Something 15 Uncertain - Spirit 16 Mark Williams - Your Eyes 17 Roku - Acid Amnesia18 Kerri Chandler - You Are In My System (Faster Horses Sport Mix) 19 Narciss - Forbidden Fruit (Extended Mix) Part Two - Rod01 Rene Wise & Rødhåd - 190209.102 b.mod - Modulation03 Andc - Inculto04 Tenzella - Lucid05 The subdermic - Motorcade06 Mat Lionis - Sandqvist 169 (Hunt & Peck Remix)07 Chlär - Populism Is Money08 Ackermann - Scars of Gold09 Michael Klein - Sirena10 NØRBAK - Malta 6AM11 KUSS - Panic12 S-file - Sirens13 Doug Cooney - Vertical Tangent14 ASEC - High Tool15 PROXYMA - Strategic LoveSupport Brain Tumour Research on Patreon
Ep 1Motortechno 01
So, that took a little longer than expected…Welcome to the first Motortechno in fifteen years. After months of fannying about, we finally have a show in the can. Hard to believe we used to bang out an episode every Sunday. Remarkable.While middle age might have whittled our free time down to a handful of minutes, it’s done nothing to dampen our ardour for bangers. Ricky kicks things off with a breaky-housey-acidy affair before Rod serves up some shallow-fried rotters. We’ll be back next month. Promise. Enjoy xMotortechno https://linktr.ee/motortechnoTracklist:Part One - Ricky01 Titeknots - Buzzard Walk02 Emmanuel Jal - Kuar (Olof Dreijer remix) 03 Russ Gabriel - El Juan04 Mango Boy - Zonez 05 Avision - Send Off (Jorge Zamacona remix)06 James Ruskin - No Trace07 ZDS feat. DJ Funk - Twerk 08 Deeply Rooted - C Machine09 Josh Wink - Chrysalis 10 Rennie Foster - Fierce Methodology (Jorge Zamacona dub)11 Josh Wink - Sixth Sense (Shlomi Aber remix)12 Om Unit - Prawn Cocktail13 Paranoid London - Sly is Watching 14 Instra:mental - Pyramid 15 Josh Wink - Fill me with Acid16 Humantronic - Homequest (Extended mix)17 The Fear Ratio - Mas Part Two - Rod01 Mark Broom - You Got Me02 S-file - Pressure Hood03 Oscar Escapa - Berlin Feeling04 Jeroen Search - Infinite Loop05 S-file, DEADWALKMAN - That's Right06 Mark Broom - Hardgroove For Life (Ben Sims Remix)07 Uncertain - Mood08 Ackermann - Wash over me09 Spencer Parker, Dubbel Drop - Mighty Knight (Spencer Parker Works Harder Remix)10 Mark Williams - Bring You Love (Ben Sims Edit)11 Jay Denham - Freaks at Night12 Ackermann - Gear13 Ø [Phase] - Guesswork14 Truncate - The Drill15 Border One - Transmute16 Oscar Escapa, Lostrego - Obscure Resonance17 Mark Broom - Tribe Vibes (Gene Richards Jr Remix)