2007 has been a phenomenal year for MOTOR . Not only did they unleash their new album, 'Unhuman', on the back of their 'Bleep #1', 'Sweatbox' and 'Black Powder' singles, but their live show as a travelling three piece has torn up clubs, gigs and festivals the world over. MOTOR supported Nitzer Ebb on their world tour and appeared at such festivals as I Love Techno with Kraftwerk, and Pukkelpop with Daft Punk.
MOTOR live is Mr. Nô, Hugo Menendez and Bryan Black. Electronic music practising a punk ethic, MOTOR is unlike anything else: abrasive, strangely melodic, pulsing like a machine. A sound, which by no mistake, has put them in a class of their own.
Mr. No and bryan black formed MOTOR in the smoky basements of Shoreditch, London where Mr. No was playing drums and Bryan was watching on in awe. Mr. No comes from the industrial wastelands of Paris , and Bryan Black from Minneapolis. Bryan Black was seminal pop star Prince 's sound designer and programmer at Paisley Park Studios in the late 90s before setting off to London to pursue his own musical projects whilst Mr. No arrived in London in 1989 with a mission to turn drummers into drum machines.
The duo has remixed the likes of Throbbing Gristle, Nitzer Ebb, Marilyn Manson and Depeche Mode between releasing a string of raw, bold and innovative singles including the massive 'Sweatbox' which toped many charts and became the peak track in the sets of DJ Hell, Svan Vath, Dave Clarke, Miss Kitten and many others.
The band's second album, 'Unhuman' is packed with dark menacing grooves, corrosive industrial drumming and the pioneering spirit of acid house which locks into a swirl of techno-strobed hedonism and doesn't let go. 'Klunk' joins the dots between Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Kraftwerk, Plastikman, acid house and minimal techno creating a glorious dancefloor killing sound that is uniquely MOTOR.
Now, MOTOR are set to get back behind the wheel, with a new album and world tour that kicks off in January, 2008.
