The Wintergaten Marble Machine Is Insane

March 12 2017 you won t believe the sweet sound of this incredible invention.

The wintergaten marble machine is insane. ˈvɪ nːtɛrˌɡɑːtan the milky way lit. 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. 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.

The winter street is a swedish folktronica band from gothenburg. Wintergatan showing off the bass of the marble machine. Posted by 2 months ago. Follow the mmx build in their youtube series wintergatan wednesdays.

Created dec 16 2018. And for stuff that is generally insane. Wintergatan showing off the bass of the marble machine. 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 artist has made the full track in all its complex glory available at bandcamp for those interested. 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. 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.

Listen to their current releases. The wintergaten marble machine is insane.