With Men Machine, David Guetta and Marten Hørger step away from polished pop-EDM and into something darker, more mechanical and more club-focused. The project works like a modern re-edit machine: older electronic references are rebuilt with current festival production, sharper low-end and a harder techno edge. Released as a five-track EP on Spinnin’ Records, it feels less like a nostalgic tribute and more like Guetta testing a new lane between EDM impact, bass house pressure and peak-time techno energy.
Track Highlights
The strongest moments come when the duo treats classic material as raw fuel rather than decoration. The Past, The Present, The Future brings back the vocal DNA of Foremost Poets’ Moonraker and pushes it into a 132 BPM bass-house framework, with a tense spoken-word loop that gives the track a hypnotic warehouse feel. PWR is more direct: built around SNAP!’s iconic The Power, it keeps the recognizable vocal punch but surrounds it with a heavier, cleaner 130 BPM drop designed for modern mainstage systems. Engage, featuring Vitalic, is the most techno-leaning cut: at 131 BPM, it channels the cold, metallic energy associated with Vitalic’s La Rock 01, but with a bigger EDM-style build and a more immediate festival payoff.
Sound & Production
The EP sits in a tight BPM zone, mostly around 130–132 BPM, with Hey You dropping slightly lower at 123 BPM, which gives the project enough variation without breaking its club identity. Sonically, the palette is built on distorted synth stabs, acid-tinged basslines, dry percussion, short vocal hooks and very compressed drops. The interesting part is the balance: Guetta brings the size and accessibility, while Hørger brings a rougher bass-house instinct. The result is not pure techno, and it is not classic EDM either; it is a hybrid built for big stages, but with enough electroclash, new wave and underground texture to avoid sounding like a simple festival remake.
Verdict
Men Machine is for listeners who like familiar electronic hooks but want them rebuilt with modern club pressure rather than copied note-for-note. It is especially effective for fans of Future Rave, bass house, electro house and accessible peak-time techno. The EP is not trying to be subtle or deeply experimental; its purpose is impact. But as a re-edition/remix-driven project, it works because it understands how to connect older dance music references with today’s sound design. For Guetta, it adds a darker and more mechanical chapter to his catalogue; for Hørger, it gives his club-focused style a much larger mainstage frame.