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'''Martin Molin''' (born January 24, 1983) is a Swedish composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, inventor and self-taught engineer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.makery.info/en/2016/07/07/exclu-martin-molin-dit-tout-de-sa-marble-machine/|title=Martin Molin tells all on his Marble Machine|website=Makery|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=47743026|title=#004 Martin Molin: The Guy Who Created the Wintergatan Marble Machine from Live2cre8|website=www.stitcher.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> He is a member of the [[folktronica]] and [[post-rock]] band [[Wintergatan]], and previously a member of [[Detektivbyrån]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stim.se/en/interviews/studio-martin-molin|title=In the studio: Martin Molin|website=Stim.se|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> He grew up at Kronoparken in [[Karlstad|Karlstad, Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/723450?programid=4849|title=Martin Molin: Kändes fruktansvärt att lägga ner Detektivbyrån - Kronologen från Musikguiden i P3|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|website=sverigesradio.se|language=sv|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> Since 2017 he has lived and worked in southern France, where he built a custom music studio and workshop .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J6eSGYBwPk|title=I Moved to France! - Marble Machine X #18|website=YouTube|language=en}}</ref>
'''Martin Molin''' ({{IPA|sv|mo'li:n}}, {{Respell|morr-LEEN}}; born January 24, 1983) is a Swedish [[composer]], [[Music Producer|producer]], multi-instrumentalist, [[Invention|inventor]] and constructor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.makery.info/en/2016/07/07/exclu-martin-molin-dit-tout-de-sa-marble-machine/|title=Martin Molin tells all on his Marble Machine|website=Makery|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=47743026|title=#004 Martin Molin: The Guy Who Created the Wintergatan Marble Machine from Live2cre8|website=www.stitcher.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> He is a member of the [[folktronica]] and [[post-rock]] band [[Wintergatan]], and previously a member of [[Detektivbyrån]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stim.se/en/interviews/studio-martin-molin|title=In the studio: Martin Molin|website=Stim.se|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> He grew up at Kronoparken in [[Karlstad|Karlstad, Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/723450?programid=4849|title=Martin Molin: Kändes fruktansvärt att lägga ner Detektivbyrån - Kronologen från Musikguiden i P3|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|website=sverigesradio.se|date=26 April 2016 |language=sv|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> From 2017 he lived and worked in southern [[France]], where he built a custom music studio and workshop, but in April 2022 he moved back to Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J6eSGYBwPk|title=I Moved to France! - Marble Machine X #18|website=YouTube|date=November 2017 |language=en}}</ref>


==Education and early career==
==Education and early career==
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==Wintergatan==
==Wintergatan==
In 2011 Molin, Evelina Hägglund, Marcus Sjöberg and David Zandén created the band Wintergatan.<ref name=":0" /> The group gained attention when, inspired by a visit to the [[Museum Speelklok|Speelklok Museum]], Molin built his "Marble Machine", a [[music box]] made of 3000 components that played using 2000 metal balls.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/2/11147884/marble-machine-music-wintergartan-martin-molin|title=Watch 2,000 marbles come together to make beautiful music|last=Hawkins|first=Andrew J.|date=2016-03-02|website=The Verge|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2016/03/03/469027281/be-amazed-by-this-marvelous-music-machine-powered-by-2000-marbles|title=Be Amazed By This Marvelous Music Machine, Powered By 2,000 Marbles|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> After working on the machine for over 14 months,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Woollaston|first=Victoria|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/marble-machine-video|title=16 months to build, two hours to demolish: watch the Marble Machine being taken apart|date=2017-03-16|work=Wired UK|access-date=2020-03-06|issn=1357-0978}}</ref> he released a music video featuring the Marble Machine in 2016, which {{as of|March 2021|lc=y}} has over 170 million views on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2020-08-26}}</ref> He then started work on the "Marble Machine X", or "MMX", a more robust redesign of the machine with the aim of recording an album with it and taking it on a world tour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/04/marble-machine-x/|title=Wintergatan Declares the Conveyor Belt Complete on its Epic Marble Machine X|date=2019-04-30|website=Colossal|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>
In 2011 Molin, Evelina Hägglund, Marcus Sjöberg and David Zandén created the band Wintergatan.<ref name=":0" /> The group gained attention when, inspired by a visit to the [[Museum Speelklok|Speelklok Museum]], Molin built his "Marble Machine", a [[music box]] made of 3000 components that played using 2000 metal balls.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/2/11147884/marble-machine-music-wintergartan-martin-molin|title=Watch 2,000 marbles come together to make beautiful music|last=Hawkins|first=Andrew J.|date=2016-03-02|website=The Verge|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2016/03/03/469027281/be-amazed-by-this-marvelous-music-machine-powered-by-2000-marbles|title=Be Amazed By This Marvelous Music Machine, Powered By 2,000 Marbles|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> After working on the machine for over 14 months,<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Woollaston|first=Victoria|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/marble-machine-video|title=16 months to build, two hours to demolish: watch the Marble Machine being taken apart|date=2017-03-16|magazine=Wired UK|access-date=2020-03-06|issn=1357-0978}}</ref> he released a music video featuring the Marble Machine in 2016, which {{as of|October 2024|lc=y}} has over 253 million views on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q|website=YouTube| date=March 2016 |language=en|access-date=2020-08-26}}</ref> He then started work on the "Marble Machine X", or "MMX", a more robust redesign of the machine with the aim of recording an album with it and taking it on a world tour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/04/marble-machine-x/|title=Wintergatan Declares the Conveyor Belt Complete on its Epic Marble Machine X|date=2019-04-30|website=Colossal|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>

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Molin documented the construction process of the "MMX" on the band's YouTube channel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhz4mHoqZfjWT2gIe5uDZWEiuJs7uZWgZ|title=Wintergatan Wednesdays|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> This at one point was called "Wintergatan Wednesdays" but lost the title when Molin experimented with new formats and release schedules. In January 2021, Molin started a new YouTube channel called "Wintergatan 2" with videos in the style of daily vlogs (as opposed to the intermittent videos on "Wintergatan") documenting the ongoing Marble Machine X build project in greater detail. A month later, Molin largely rolled the "Wintergatan 2" content back into the main Wintergatan channel.<ref>{{Citation|title=Which Marble Track Is Best?| date=22 February 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCrDDXTPp0s|language=en|access-date=2021-03-07}}</ref>

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In 2017, he presented a series ''Music Machine Mondays'' about the exhibits in the Dutch Speelklok Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLLYkE3G1HEBO1slIc1RRfcfSsGyv2oMu|title=Music Machine Mondays|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> In 2020 he planned to present a similar series about the collection of ''[[:de:Brömserhof (Rüdesheim am Rhein)#Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett|Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett]]'' (Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet) in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8HBiUiYTjo|title=Self-Playing Banjo?! - Marble Machine X Inspiration|website=YouTube|date=22 January 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> This was, however, halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of May 2021, the series still has not recommenced.


Molin eventually abandoned the MMX project, and on March 2, 2022, started a new designing process of a new Marble Machine 3, livestreaming whole CAD process on his Youtube channel. The comments to his YouTube posts at this time document widespread concern about both abandoning the MMX and the direction Molin was taking, including doubts that a finished marble machine would ever be delivered.
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Molin is documenting the construction process of the "MMX" on the band's YouTube channel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhz4mHoqZfjWT2gIe5uDZWEiuJs7uZWgZ|title=Wintergatan Wednesdays|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> This at one point was called "Wintergatan Wednesdays" but lost the title when Molin experimented with new formats and release schedules. In January 2021, Molin started a new YouTube channel called "Wintergatan 2" with videos in the style of daily vlogs (as opposed to the intermittent videos on "Wintergatan") documenting the ongoing Marble Machine X build project in greater detail. A month later, Molin largely rolled the "Wintergatan 2" content back into the main Wintergatan channel.<ref>{{Citation|title=Which Marble Track Is Best?|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCrDDXTPp0s|language=en|access-date=2021-03-07}}</ref>


In April 23, 2022, he announced that he is moving back from Lorgues (France) to Sweden for personal reasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjmaxqPKC60&t=5460s|title=Disassembling The Marble Machine X|website=YouTube|date=23 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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In 2017, he presented a series ''Music Machine Mondays'' about the exhibits in the Dutch Speelklok Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLLYkE3G1HEBO1slIc1RRfcfSsGyv2oMu|title=Music Machine Mondays|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> In 2020 he planned to present a similar series about the collection of ''[[:de:Brömserhof (Rüdesheim am Rhein)#Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett|Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett]]'' (Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet) in Germany. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8HBiUiYTjo|title=Self-Playing Banjo?! - Marble Machine X Inspiration|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref>This was, however, halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of May 2021, the series still has not recommenced.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 12:54, 5 November 2024

Martin Molin
Molin at Haldern Pop 2016
Personal information
Born
Martin Molin

(1983-01-24) 24 January 1983 (age 41)
NationalitySwedish
OccupationMusician
Websitehttps://wintergatan.net/
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–current
Subscribers2.62M[1]
(01-September-2024)
Total views509.74m[1]
(01-September-2024)
Associated actsWintergatan, Detektivbyrån
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Martin Molin (Swedish pronunciation: [mo'li:n], morr-LEEN; born January 24, 1983) is a Swedish composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, inventor and constructor.[2][3] He is a member of the folktronica and post-rock band Wintergatan, and previously a member of Detektivbyrån.[4] He grew up at Kronoparken in Karlstad, Sweden.[5] From 2017 he lived and worked in southern France, where he built a custom music studio and workshop, but in April 2022 he moved back to Sweden.[6]

Education and early career

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Molin studied music at the Musikmakarna (Songwriters Academy) in Örnsköldsvik.[4] In 2005, he and his brother Anders Molin were inspired to start Detektivbyrån, after he heard La Valse d'Amélie by Yann Tiersen.[7] The group disbanded in 2010.[8]

Wintergatan

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In 2011 Molin, Evelina Hägglund, Marcus Sjöberg and David Zandén created the band Wintergatan.[4] The group gained attention when, inspired by a visit to the Speelklok Museum, Molin built his "Marble Machine", a music box made of 3000 components that played using 2000 metal balls.[4][9][10] After working on the machine for over 14 months,[11] he released a music video featuring the Marble Machine in 2016, which as of October 2024 has over 253 million views on YouTube.[12] He then started work on the "Marble Machine X", or "MMX", a more robust redesign of the machine with the aim of recording an album with it and taking it on a world tour.[13]

Molin documented the construction process of the "MMX" on the band's YouTube channel.[14] This at one point was called "Wintergatan Wednesdays" but lost the title when Molin experimented with new formats and release schedules. In January 2021, Molin started a new YouTube channel called "Wintergatan 2" with videos in the style of daily vlogs (as opposed to the intermittent videos on "Wintergatan") documenting the ongoing Marble Machine X build project in greater detail. A month later, Molin largely rolled the "Wintergatan 2" content back into the main Wintergatan channel.[15]

In 2017, he presented a series Music Machine Mondays about the exhibits in the Dutch Speelklok Museum.[16] In 2020 he planned to present a similar series about the collection of Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett (Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet) in Germany.[17] This was, however, halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of May 2021, the series still has not recommenced.

Molin eventually abandoned the MMX project, and on March 2, 2022, started a new designing process of a new Marble Machine 3, livestreaming whole CAD process on his Youtube channel. The comments to his YouTube posts at this time document widespread concern about both abandoning the MMX and the direction Molin was taking, including doubts that a finished marble machine would ever be delivered.

In April 23, 2022, he announced that he is moving back from Lorgues (France) to Sweden for personal reasons.[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Wintergatan". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Martin Molin tells all on his Marble Machine". Makery. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  3. ^ "#004 Martin Molin: The Guy Who Created the Wintergatan Marble Machine from Live2cre8". www.stitcher.com. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  4. ^ a b c d "In the studio: Martin Molin". Stim.se. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  5. ^ Radio, Sveriges (26 April 2016). "Martin Molin: Kändes fruktansvärt att lägga ner Detektivbyrån - Kronologen från Musikguiden i P3". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  6. ^ "I Moved to France! - Marble Machine X #18". YouTube. November 2017.
  7. ^ "Tunefully Yours". DAMN° Magazine. 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  8. ^ "DETEKTIVBYRÅN". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  9. ^ Hawkins, Andrew J. (2016-03-02). "Watch 2,000 marbles come together to make beautiful music". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  10. ^ "Be Amazed By This Marvelous Music Machine, Powered By 2,000 Marbles". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  11. ^ Woollaston, Victoria (2017-03-16). "16 months to build, two hours to demolish: watch the Marble Machine being taken apart". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  12. ^ "Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)". YouTube. March 2016. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  13. ^ "Wintergatan Declares the Conveyor Belt Complete on its Epic Marble Machine X". Colossal. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  14. ^ "Wintergatan Wednesdays". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  15. ^ Which Marble Track Is Best?, 22 February 2021, retrieved 2021-03-07
  16. ^ "Music Machine Mondays". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  17. ^ "Self-Playing Banjo?! - Marble Machine X Inspiration". YouTube. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  18. ^ "Disassembling The Marble Machine X". YouTube. 23 April 2022.
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