Wintergatan



Wintergatan is a swedish Folktronica band started by Martin Molin in 2012. Wintergatan is based in Gothenburg. The band has four members Martin Molin, Evelina Hägglund, David Zandén, and Marcus Sjöberg. Martin is a Vibraphonist, Evelina plays keyboard instruments, David specializes in bass, and Marcus is a drumber.

Songs
Wintergatan has made fourteen songs and one album.

Album Songs
 * Wintergatan (2013)
 * Emerson (2011)
 * Starmachine2000 (2013)
 * Tornado (2013)
 * Biking Is Better (2013)
 * All Was Well (2013)
 * Visa från Utanmyra (2014)
 * Marble Machine (2016)
 * Music Machine Mondays Theme Song (2017)
 * Music Box, Harp & Hammered Dulcimer (2018)
 * Moon And Star (2018)
 * Sandviken Stradivarius (2018)
 * Local Cluster (2018)
 * Olivier (2018)
 * Proof of Concept (2019)

Marble Machine
December 2014 though March 2016, Wintergatan uploaded videos of Martin building a machine that uses marbles to play instruments. The machine is hand-crank. It works by raising marbles through the machine into tubes, where they are released from programmable release gates, falling and hitting a musical instrument. The machene has a vibraphone, bass guitar, cymbal, kick drumb, high hat, and snare drum. The music is stored on two programmable wheels that utilize Lego Technic beams and stud connectors to trigger the release the marbles. A final music video showing the machine in use was published in 2016, and has been viewed over 100 million times.

MMX
Ten months after the  original Marble Machine, the band disassembled it and announced their plans to make a new marble machine for the purpose of touring. The new machine, to be called "Marble Machine X" or "(MMX)" for short, would solve a multitude of mechanical functionality problems with the original marble machine. Martin, 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. The MMX has metal frame and C&C routered gears, unlike the orginal witch was mostly plywood and hand cup. The original Marble Machine is now back in his possession after being exhibited in Museum Speelklok in Utrecht, Neatherlands.