David Guetta and Marten Hørger launch Men Machine with club-focused EP

David Guetta and Marten Hørger used Men Machine to strip away the pressure that comes with their names and see whether a darker, more functional alias could stand up in club rooms. The result was a five-track, 13-minute EP that landed on May 15, 2026 via Spinnin’ Records, with the project pitched less like a star turn and more like a statement of intent for the dancefloor.

That intent had been taking shape for months before release. The music was first introduced live at Coachella’s Quasar Stage on April 11, 2026, when Hørger made a surprise appearance during Guetta’s set. Beatportal said the pair had spent nearly a year road-testing and refining the material before that debut, including tryouts through Guetta’s Ibiza residencies, which gave the project time to harden into something that felt deliberate rather than opportunistic.

Men Machine’s appeal sits in that tension between scale and restraint. Beatportal described the EP as a blend of electroclash, electro, new wave, synth-pop and techno, a palette that can still hit with mainstage force but is framed here around club function, texture and momentum. The tracklist underlines that approach: The Past, The Present, The Future, PWR, Engage featuring Vitalic, Hey You, and Babylon, marked as a MEN MACHINE Rework. Release metadata also credits Snap!, Vitalic, Congorock and KENZ (US) across individual tracks, giving the project a lineage-heavy feel without turning it into a nostalgia exercise.

Beatport described Men Machine as a newly formed collaborative project from Guetta and Hørger designed to bring raw energy, experimentation and fun back to club-focused electronic music. That framing matters in a scene where credibility still comes from how a record moves in a room, not how loudly it announces itself. The pair have already begun discussing a second EP, which suggests Men Machine is being treated as an ongoing vehicle rather than a one-off detour.

The partnership itself is not new. Guetta and Hørger previously worked together on The Freaks in 2023, another Spinnin’ Records release that helped set this path in motion. Men Machine now pushes that idea further: two widely recognized names stepping back from spectacle, leaning into alias culture, and arguing that the fastest route back to the club is sometimes the most restrained one.