The Wintergaten Marble Machine Is Insane

To be fair molin didn t exactly reinvent the wheel so to speak.

The wintergaten marble machine is insane.

Follow the mmx build in their youtube series wintergatan wednesdays. 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. Swedish resident genius martin molin the creator of this insanely wonderful thing which he lovingly dubs the m. Wintergatan are gearing up to release a double album embark on a world tour with the marble machine x.

Machine for short dreamt up and created this programmable instrument back in 2014 for his band wintergatan. The winter street is a swedish folktronica band from gothenburg. 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.

Wintergatan showing off the bass of the marble machine. The wintergaten marble machine is insane. 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.

And for stuff that is generally insane. 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. Steel marbles levers gears a maze of tracks and tubes and so much more. The artist has made the full track in all its complex glory available at bandcamp for those interested.

March 12 2017 you won t believe the sweet sound of this incredible invention. ˈvɪ nːtɛrˌɡɑːtan the milky way lit.