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Motortechno

Motortechno

著者： 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 2025 Rod Fry & Ricky Ambury 音楽
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  • Motortechno 02

    Motortechno 02
    2025/12/07

    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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  • Motortechno 01

    Motortechno 01
    2025/10/30

    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 x

    Motortechno

    Motortechno website

    Tracklist:

    Part One - Ricky

    01 Titeknots - Buzzard Walk

    02 Emmanuel Jal - Kuar (Olof Dreijer remix)

    03 Russ Gabriel - El Juan

    04 Mango Boy - Zonez

    05 Avision - Send Off (Jorge Zamacona remix)

    06 James Ruskin - No Trace

    07 ZDS feat. DJ Funk - Twerk

    08 Deeply Rooted - C Machine

    09 Josh Wink - Chrysalis

    10 Rennie Foster - Fierce Methodology (Jorge Zamacona dub)

    11 Josh Wink - Sixth Sense (Shlomi Aber remix)

    12 Om Unit - Prawn Cocktail

    13 Paranoid London - Sly is Watching

    14 Instra:mental - Pyramid

    15 Josh Wink - Fill me with Acid

    16 Humantronic - Homequest (Extended mix)

    17 The Fear Ratio - Mas

    Part Two - Rod

    01 Mark Broom - You Got Me

    02 S-file - Pressure Hood

    03 Oscar Escapa - Berlin Feeling

    04 Jeroen Search - Infinite Loop

    05 S-file, DEADWALKMAN - That's Right

    06 Mark Broom - Hardgroove For Life (Ben Sims Remix)

    07 Uncertain - Mood

    08 Ackermann - Wash over me

    09 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 Night

    12 Ackermann - Gear

    13 Ø [Phase] - Guesswork

    14 Truncate - The Drill

    15 Border One - Transmute

    16 Oscar Escapa, Lostrego - Obscure Resonance

    17 Mark Broom - Tribe Vibes (Gene Richards Jr Remix)
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