A mainstay of the harder-edged techno scene as well as a talented electro producer, Darkmode’s been putting in work for decades.

His early releases on Testin Out caught the ears of heads like Weatherall, Radioactive Man and Regis, and he’s not looked back since.

From DJ Mag and IDJ to sets across the UK & Ireland alongside legends like Dave Clarke, DJ 3000 and Scan 7, he’s built a reputation for no-nonsense, high-pressure techno. His Biotech Recordings label keeps that energy moving.

Before Darkmode steps up, Rod sets the pace with an hour of driving rhythms to get things locked in.

Enjoy. See you next month.

Love

Motortechno x

Part One - Rod

01 Juan Sanchez - Fokus

02 Shoal - Gerakan

03 Kuss & Sicion - Dissolve to Evolve

04 Kuba Sojka - Main Value

05 Ackermann - Turn my voice up

06 Szmer - Raw Thoughts

07 Head Front Panel - Disc

08 S-file - Sirens

09 Orion - Broken Horn

10 Cirkle - Haunt

11 l'ombre - Addiction

12 Simone Zino - Signals

13 ANNĒ - Peacock Feathers

14 Don Rimini, Jackin Trax - Red Alert

15 Bruce Zalcer - Straight Up! (Uncertain Remix)

16 The Scan (aka Mathys Lenne) - Unfolding

17 Misstress Barbara - Unlearn

18 KUSS - Outbreak

Part Two - Darkmode

01 Ak Letat - Sin Aliento

02 CDTRAX - Black Doves

03 RSD-86 - Poniendose Deforme

04 Angel Alanis, Maria Goetz - Do The Right Thing (Original Mix)

05 Annie Hill - Alignment

06 CDTRAX - Wild Uproar

07 Degrand - Freak (face A)

08 Frankie Vega - The Sector (MarAxe Remix)

09 Jon Perx - BadMan

10 Jon Perx - Parma Violent

11 Kaoos - Untitled One

12 H-R-Z - Hypnagogic

13 Mauri Mastra - Monolith

14 Lara Martins - Internal Side

15 Leopold BaÌr - TF02 (RSD-86 Remix)

16 Degrand - Nectar

17 Slododan - Hugg Han I Nacken (Wetworks Remix)

18 Marcelo K2 - Kontrol (Darkmode Remix)

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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 x

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Tracklist

Part One - Ricky

01 Kyle Hall - Big Momma Tech

02 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 Climax

06 Girls of the Internet ft. Princess Precious - Your Love

07 Private Press - TH3000

08 Kingpin Cartel - Ghetto

09 Jorge Zamacona - Doom Dub

10 Frank De Wulf - Magic Orchestra (PAS Live Jack Edit)

11 Fjaak - Don’t Leave Me

12 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 Nation

02 Mark Archer - Tuned For The D

03 Mark Archer - Triangle

04 Mark Archer - Riser

05 Mark Archer - The Future

06 Mark Archer - Chuch

07 Mark Archer - I Said Funky

08 Mark Archer - Cogzy

09 Mark Archer - 21:41

10 Trackman - Smoothin

11 Mark Archer - Dream Plant

12 Mark Archer - In The Pressence Of Beauty

13 Mark Archer - The Way

14 Mark Archer - Pattern 27

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 x

Motortechno

Tracklist

Part One - Ricky

01 Client_03 - Ur_Luv

02 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 Luv

08 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 Body

14 DJ Funk - Pop Da Pussy

15 DJ Rush - Sex Me All Night Long

16 Mr De - Sex On My Mind

17 Parris Mitchell Project - Fuckin With Da Drums

18 Mr Fingers - Finger Fuck

Part Two - Rod

01 HLX-1 - Come to Me (Mark Flash DTFA Rework)

02 Frankie Bones - Walking

03 Louisahhh - Love Is a Punk (Spencer Parker Remix)

04 Third Culture - U Move

05 Voltaire - Wave Function

06 OCB - Algorhythmic Control

07 DJ Bone - Celestial Circuits

08 Ken Ishii - Sunset Flight

09 Uncertain - Conga

10 Don Rimini & Jackin Trax - Supadelicious

11 Jay Denham - Detroit

12 Ben Sims - Solicitude

13 Don Rimini & Jackin Trax - Sick & Freak

14 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 Fever

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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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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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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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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

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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)