The Wintergaten Marble Machine Is Insane

Wintergatan showing off the bass of the marble machine.

The wintergaten marble machine is insane.

To be fair molin didn t exactly reinvent the wheel so to speak. Steel marbles levers gears a maze of tracks and tubes and so much more. The winter street is a swedish folktronica band from gothenburg. March 12 2017 you won t believe the sweet sound of this incredible invention.

The wintergaten marble machine is insane. I originally learned about wintergatan when i stumbled upon their marble machine an instrument that uses 2000 marbles and plays music via a hand crank. Martin molin and marcus sjöberg were previously part of the former band detektivbyrån the band uses a variety of unconventional instruments including the modulin a fingerboard controlled synthesizer built from doepfer eurorack modules. Created dec 16 2018.

I fell in love with the group and this is an earlier album where they combine the music from a music box with a device called a modulin an electronic violin that sounds like a theremin. Swedish resident genius martin molin the creator of this insanely wonderful thing which he lovingly dubs the m. Machine for short dreamt up and created this programmable instrument back in 2014 for his band wintergatan. This mesmerizing video captures a demonstration of the marble conveyor belt a new marble music machine from the engineering and innovation focused swedish folktronica band wintergatan band member and inventor martin molin is at the crank.

Wintergatan showing off the bass of the marble machine. ˈvɪ nːtɛrˌɡɑːtan the milky way lit. Follow the mmx build in their youtube series wintergatan wednesdays. The artist has made the full track in all its complex glory available at bandcamp for those interested.

Fortunately for us and maybe for him the end result is just as astounding as the concept of a marble driven music machine is. Listen to their current releases.