Some side projects feel thrown together. This one has clearly been simmering.
David Guetta and Marten Hørger have officially launched Men Machine with their self-titled debut EP on Spinnin’ Records, a five-track release that pulls from electroclash, synth-pop, techno, new wave, and modern festival-scale electronics without sounding stuck in any one era. The whole thing feels sharp, playful, and a little futuristic, like the two of them built a world and then pressure-tested it in clubs before letting anyone fully in.
That is part of what makes the release hit. Tracks like “Engage” and “The Past, The Present, The Future” had already been floating through Guetta’s Ibiza sets last summer, quietly working their way into the conversation as IDs people could not quite place. If you were trying to Shazam one of those records during F** ME I’M FAMOUS* or Galactic Circus and came up empty, there is a good chance it was Men Machine taking shape in real time.
The project got an even bigger moment last month when Hørger joined Guetta at Coachella’s Quasar stage for the official live debut. That performance pushed the buzz even further, and now the EP arrives with the kind of payoff that makes sense after a year of road-testing, refining, and letting the curiosity build naturally.
More than anything, Men Machine feels like a proper creative lane, not a one-off experiment. It is stylish, weird in the right places, and clearly built by two artists having real fun with the edges of club music.
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