The Wintergaten Marble Machine Is Insane

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The wintergaten marble machine is insane.

Follow the mmx build in their youtube series wintergatan wednesdays. Swedish resident genius martin molin the creator of this insanely wonderful thing which he lovingly dubs the m. 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. 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.

Machine for short dreamt up and created this programmable instrument back in 2014 for his band wintergatan. To be fair molin didn t exactly reinvent the wheel so to speak. The artist has made the full track in all its complex glory available at bandcamp for those interested. 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. 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. Posted by 2 months ago.

Listen to their current releases. March 12 2017 you won t believe the sweet sound of this incredible invention. Wintergatan showing off the bass of the marble machine. ˈvɪ nːtɛrˌɡɑːtan the milky way lit.

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. Steel marbles levers gears a maze of tracks and tubes and so much more.