Martin Molin Marble Machine

Most of us have little hobbies and projects on the go but not like martin molin.

Martin molin marble machine.

Bass typewriter glocke. Wintergatan are gearing up to release a double album embark on a world tour with the marble machine x. On the internet it s a sort of subculture kind of like perpetual motion machines. Molin is documenting the construction process on the band s youtube channel in a series called wintergatan wednesdays.

Martin molin s wintergarden marble machine. Martin molin is a musician a member of the group wintergatan. One of the most popular inventors after martin molin and his 21 million views is matthias wandel the same engineer who inspired the musician. He is also the inventor of the wintergatan marble machine a fantastic wooden creation that plays both melody and rhythm with the help of 2 000 marbles i have always loved both music and mechanics but never believed that the two worlds could be combined.

Wintergatan wednesdays was discontinued after martin announce that making the youtube videos slowed down the process of making the marble machine x. He now posts irregular updates on the marble machine x. The new machine to be called marble machine x would solve a multitude of mechanical functionality problems with the original marble machine. Remember martin molin s marble machine x the mechanical musical rube goldberg machine that uses some 3 000 components and a hand turned crank to drop marbles in sequences onto acoustic and.

Follow the mmx build in their youtube series wintergatan wednesdays. Download this audio track for free at. It took 14 months to build and features drums cymbals a vibraphone and bass. Listen to their current releases.

Martin molin the builder of the original marble machine is collaborating with a team of engineers and designers as well as fans for the design and build of the marble machine x. Martin molin s marble machine is not the first of its kind.