Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)
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If you are watching this in 2023 :) thank you, i hope i can build another better machine in the future :) We just turned my music box sound into a virtual instrument, check out the video here:
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I can't wait for another masterpiece, how long do you reckon it will take?
You are just Amezing!!
Pog ngl
I dunno man. If you actually make a better machine you'll have taken up 2 spots in the 7 wonders of the world, and that's just too much power for one man to have.
Absolutely deserved though, and I can only imagine how great it feels to have something you worked so hard on legitimately get the recognition it deserves. What an inspiration.
this is literally the one thing i was and wasnt expecting lets go
Takes a lot of balls to play this instrument..
That was a great joke
@@madanigaming6595 It's a two day old comment on a three year old video.
EDIT: I said this because at the time it had like 20 likes, which is not surprising for a new comment on an old video. You don't have to remind me that time passes or that this has many likes now and is no longer underrated, I know. Plenty of people have told me so.
Ahhh. I saw what you did there!!!!!
I can see that. Why are you mentioning that?
@@user-pb9kk6zt4n I was in another mode ehrn I wrote that
This is one of those timeless parts of the internet that you just find yourself watching over and over again.
True
Same here and the songs beautiful
Yes.....
+ShadowLinkOmega I thought I was the only one who keeped palying it over and over again. The tune is beatiful, the machine is epic, and probably I am nostalgic to the good old wind-up musical boxes.
Absolutly ,
Here it is 2024, 8 years after this was originally posted and it still blows my mind. The musical timing and the mechanics behind it are just incredible.
The complexity of it all is mind blowing.
Even after 8 years, this instrument is still futuristic.
im 23 years after
@@thatpeskyray3318 im 24 years after
@@ojtortoise1274 damn.
I’m 21, but I didn’t come across this video until I was 17.
After winning 2 ti on dota 2 topson finally discovered his hidden talent
This is the guy about who all those mathproblems concerning marbles are.
I'm sorry what?
They're saying that he is the guy they talk about when math problems say like "Johnny has 200 marbles and gives 10 to Allison" Something like that
@@reaperrellz Sorry but is it my English or me because when I read it sounds bad.
@@greenjoe it’s not grammatically correct
It’s ok we understood
How tf has this been up for 8 YEARS and I've never seen it?! THAT is PURE GENIUS! There is nothing like mechanical ingenuity!
check out the channel for when they play it in a church in town.... Pretty cool.
Who would have had the idea, the ingenuity, the tenacity, the talent, the money, of course, the preparation, etc., etc., to design, build, learn to operate this brilliant musical machine. My respects. Congratulations. 🙂👍
this is one of those videos that should be put in a time capsule. this creativity, being able to make something new, this is humanity in its purest form.
Send this in a new gold disc in space (with video)
If you think about it it already is
That's why I have this in my memories playlist.
The machine should be preserved too. God dammmn
@@andreseh87 I mean he’s not really preserving it… more like upgrading it
This looks like what would be a DJ set in a steam punk world
Yea w
Surprise?
th-cam.com/video/BKxUlYc0gOQ/w-d-xo.html
if da Nazis won WW2 maybe, steam punk luxury techs
True
I thought it was Dr Who
My kid went to a dance camp a few years ago. It was 'music in motion' and highlighted the music. I was so happy there was a dance to this!
I'm back again. I swear I come back to this so much over the last 5 years or so. It's so amazing.
we all did and we will continue to do so.
Ёжик это
If this machine isn't in a museum, it needs to be. Not only is it a gorgeous synergy of art and engineering, it's a cultural and internet icon.
pov: british museum after seeing this : 🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃
@@prophecizedtoast12nah, this guy's Swedish, we only steal from Africans.
Well, a replica should be in a museum.
A Musical Instrument Museum. And the first should be the closest from the location the creator chooses from! or his/hers Descendent/Successor or Heritor, if he’s unable to make the decision.
it and the second machine is in a museum for mechanical music machines in Germany called "Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet
We the people need a version that can be played at weddings. 24-04-2023
Please?
People: "What instrument do you play?"
Him: "a whole band"
"at the same time"
@@Aelendris yup 😂
bad time TOM FUCH YOU
epic
Bubly Gaming wut
This video is so nostalgic to me because I would watch this all the time with my older brother when we were younger.
Genius + Insanity.
I hope this has continued onto more of similar stuff since this release.
I came back 4 years later to see this again.
I’m glad I did
Wow... 4 years later?
@@woodendoors7 geezs man long time.
The dedication is hella high
Just got recommended the newest marble machine x video and had to come back to this.
yeah even tho he is working on a new marble machine atm, this one's still pretty cool and still sounds great, just like the music played on it
I hope TH-cam continues to randomly recommend this forever
So far so good!
ñe
same
Me too
I searched this up
I was born in the 1960s, I am watching this in March of 2024, one day I will be dead and gone, but I hope someone reads my comment...this is awesome!!
I’ve read your comment my friend
Your comment has been read👍
@@lordralph9277 Thank you! I am still alive today, but recovering from spine surgery that was on March 28th 2024. I appreciate you!
@@solidsnakeXY810 I appreciate your comment! Sometimes we all need to rest, I have some disabilities that might shorten my life but for now I am still here!
@@rewhiteconsulting happy to hear you champion, this is the best era to live take care of your mental health
It combines technology and percussion. Two of my favorite things
TH-cam randomly put this legendary video on my recommendation and now I'm in tears. Bro 8 years ago????
same bro, and i remember watching it back when it released
iv been watching this sinse 8 years ago
evry day
ive seen it a while ago i guess its getting its 2nd wind in recommendations
In 4day 82likes how?
How the time flies by
"The time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted time."
Utterly for the rest of my life... Thanks.
osom
ples no I was just pranking
Jopje Knopje :/
and don't waste your time on anyone who won't spend their time with you
I cannot belive this is already 8 years old and still such a great video
I can't believe from this singular video he's managed to milk 8 years of attempting to build another one.
What does 8 years have to do with it? At some point everything will be done and the only thing left to do will be to help other people
I remember seeing this amazing work of engineering on the show Outrageous Acts of Science years ago. To this day, I still revisit the song. Thank you for making something so amazing and timeless.
This looks like something you would see in a Dr. Seuss Book
You know, I think I saw it in the background of "If I owned a zoo."
He’s litterally Jojo
@@cyreal4417 whot
@@wi0.24se from horton hears a who 😂 It's a story from seuss
Lol
The most crazy part about it is that it isn't just the most elaborate music box. There is a need for the player to actively play the guitar, pull the correct levers at the correct time, and then there is intermission. This is not just a feat of engineering but also a true display of skill.
I didn't realise he was playing a guitar but I just saw it!
Hate to be "that" guy but that is a BASS.
@@spyfire242 Hahaha thanks!
This is a masterpiece that needs to be remembered.
Yeah man was only scrolling through hoping to see someone noticed, the amount of takes this must have taken after the fact of it being perfected is probably dummy high
4 Years Old. The first time I watched this video. Coming back again being 10 Years Old, Just really brings back memories.
April 2024, anyone??
I'm here
hey
🙋🏻♂️
Hello!
april21th!
If you look closely, you can see him smile as he walks off set, it’s a beautiful creation and he’s a wonderful musician
shut up
Me too !
@@greggreen7976 😂
Same
pretty sure he just has his mouth open because he's heavily breathing from cranking the crank for 3 minutes
I'm glad after 7 years this video is still getting much deserved appreciation
Me too
It deserves it.
Agreed
Agree
Watched this seven years ago, came back today and enjoyed it just as much. It may not be as "tight" as Martin wants but it still sounds fine to me.
When I was about 8, 9 years old, I had a reoccurring dream where a drop of something fell into a funnel that ignited a machine. Then, this machine started moving, puffing and working, and I'd wake up with an awful sensation of watching something that didn't have an ending.
I'm autistic and I have a terrible need for closure. I felt so bad with those dreams that I'd feel nauseous through the entire day, and they happened quite often. Once I grew up, the dreams stopped, but I still remember those in particular because my need for closure was never met.
Today, April 17th, 2024, I just found this video. I feel like this was the machine I was dreaming about.
I finally have closure.
Thank you so much for this.
I have been returning to this video once or twice a year since its release. The first couple notes hit always give me chills.
bro was on a grand odyssey to find wintergatan marble machine
I used to listen to this back in my childhood in our old house and listening to this again paired with how the machine sounds makes me nostalgic for those times...
If the internet makes a time capsule, this should go in there.
So true
Thank you
The internet IS the time capsule.
People looking at this is 2090-2120: so.... we did some gems and then it became some weird stuff and then we have some gamers who are famous and are crazy and uh...... yeah-
Put the entirety of tumblr in too
When you can't decide you want to be an engineer or a musician.
Yusuf Divriklioğlu ayn knk
Hey, why not both?
That's like seriously me right there
LOLOLOL!!!!! hahahahahahaha now I sleep with LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahaha
Ayden Crocker honestly same like am I a cellist or an AI engineer
this should be played at the Grammys to show the world AND the artists that there are so many more ways to make beautiful music !! Fantastic!
Been watching this for 4+ years, never gets old
*"So, I heard you play. What instrument?"*
*"The marble."*
That should actually be a thing.
@@superxiphias lmfao imagine pulling up to band class with this thing
@@Setapart_jay Wouldn't that be simply hilarious?🤣🤣🤣🤣 It would be a big achievement if you lugged this thing up to the band. It's so big and if it happens to fall, then.... you probably know what would happen but the video of carrying this up to the band like "I play the marble." It makes me laugh so much I don't know why🤣🤣🤣🤣
Marbles ,it’s plural
Haha so funny
"What do you want to do when you grow up?"
"Play with marbles. Lots of marbles."
lol
A fuck ton of marbles*
+darkincarnate1994 my head! stop it! its not those kinds of marbles!!! *mind ignores me anyway* WHYYYYYYYY?!!!!
+darkincarnate1994 At least he did not fail doing so.
Yep
Listening 8 years later, and it is still mesmerizing as the first time
In 100 years history will witness this amazing masterpiece of music instrument man has ever made.
اخوي انت مصري
This guy deserves the Nobel prize in Music for that machine.
Dragon Slayer
I agree
Dragon Slayer yes definitely now I want to build one
I remember my dad showing me this when I was 11. He was like "Whoa check this crazy marble machine out!!" I couldn't get enough of it, I'd watch this on repeat.
haha, it's always wild to see someone say they watched this when they were a little kid, when it feels like just yesterday that i saw this first (as an adult man). time flies like crazy. that's a nice memory, though.
Yeah it is a great memory. The past 7 years for sure have flown by even for me. Feels like 2016 could’ve been last year. Though I’m much older than I was then, it still feels not that long ago.
@@scslreyeah it's wild when people's "childhood" is so recent, to us 7 years ago is nothing but to them it feels like so much longer
same exactly for me at same age!
Had the exact same thing happen
Back when I was apart of a contemporary dance group, we did a choreo to this song, inspired by the way the machine works! We won a competition with that choreography
i come back to this every once in a while. it's so fun to revisit as a little treat
Not only is this a marvel of engineering, it's also an excellent song
A"Marble" of engineering.
I'm so sorry
Lefoto iiiiiiiiiii
Hrgyhyte
Just getting that big flywheel to run without the whole thing wobbling to death on those tiny legs is a SERIOUSLY impressive bit of craftsmanship.
Well it isn't a marvel per say but it's very impressive!
"What Instruments do you play"?
"Yes"
i'd reply the same
"All of them"
Wintergatan
Elemeno P. 😂😂😂😂
good one.
I remember watching this when I was 7 on my dad's laptop and I kept... And kept listening to it. And vibing to this song
This is literally one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in my entire life. The entire execution blew me away
This guys looks and acts like he’s a steampunk time traveler
Yeah!
steampunk acting is lovely +hugh hogan
@richard watterson than it's obviously a time traveler. I've heard the saying
th-cam.com/video/8Twtgxz4BGI/w-d-xo.html
I don't know why I love steampunk
His musical talent is only surpassed by his engineering skill, kudos
😪😪😪 of couse, genius!
Creativity is an amazing thing.
@HD NightBat I think he's referring to the new Marble Machine the guy's making, which (so far) doesn't seem to drop marbles.
One track every decade. It is beyond genius though.
@Sergio He's not there yet with catching his marbles. When he does ... either the thread will be dead silent, or you'll hear the cheers all the way to the moon!
Я в восторге!!! Техника на грани фантастики! Нет , это фантастика в действии! Молодцы авторы!!!
Ось чому я користуюсь TH-cam, заради таких відео. Дякую!
For me, this is still the best video ever published on TH-cam
I totally agree and have thought so for years. I'm not exactly sure why, but it's awesome!
Likewise, my fav vid ever on this platform
This music is heavenly, If I ever make any type of content on my channel, I will use this song.
Agreed!
Agree
THANK YOU! For 100M VIEWS :) I cant believe plywood gears are so popular. You all have great taste. And my humbleness has travelled into hiding somewhere far away apparently. Occupational hazard when you pass 100 MILLION VIEWS AAAAAAAAA (thank you, it means the world to me.)
You deserve it. :)
Wintergatan you should’ve had pinned it. Btw, great work on the MMX! You should bring back MMM (marble machine mondays), us fans would love more content! Cheers!
So amazing 대단합니다
Do some more
take care of yourself bro
Truly marvelous. I admire the mind that could make this as well as the mind that could play it.
I remember this from years ago, and it's still awesome.👍
I just think it's neat how the noises from the machine's operation like the cranks and switches are just as much a part of the song as any of the actual notes
@@afifaimanazli4287 First off, What? Second off, Yes that's how this thing works, anyone can get that. Third off, Are you trying to insult someone?
the sounds from flipping levers just before the percussion starts up is such a bop 🙏 also 420th like let’s goooooo
@@afifaimanazli4287 are you drunk, high, illiterate, or insane?
Or potientally all of the above
@@meteoraPOW the dude is probably like 6 years old
4.5 years later, and I am still showing this in every single class I teach to show students what ambition and passion mean.
@Noah Peterson lol
@Noah Peterson 6 months drugs free!
Wholesome keep doing it
My year 7 teacher showed me this. He killed himself 2 years later shit was epic as hell dude
This is amazing, thank you for your service of this.
Just building this machine is amazing piece of art. Just incredible
The music by itself is so good but the fact that this machine is making it is crazy 😮😮
what’s incredible to me is how primitive this looks in comparison to the new one. amazing.
What... new.. one?
yeah, there's a new one?
But this one works kinda well, maybe not world tour complient but at least it plays great music ^^
@@bugbugtheone2143 oh yeah. He is building a new one.
@@reiji-kun check out his newest video!
This is going to be in museums 300 years from now like a musical Mona lisa
Or in the TH-cam algorithm, just floating
I believe he actually put the marble machine in a museum along with other orchestrations. Now he's working on the marble machine X
This machine was in museum, but now it is back in their hands.
Last time I saw it, it was in the back of his barn shelter thing, exposed to the elements and partially dismantled
th-cam.com/video/aKw-gXrK9xs/w-d-xo.html
First watched this when it popped up in my TH-cam feed 8 years ago. Been a subscriber ever since. Today it magically reappeared on my front page and i still love it
245 million views in 8yrs upto 2024 - respect! All the hard work in the awesome construction has totally paid off! 😅😅
Yes I was amazed when TH-cam pressed this on my recommended list and I saw how many views. 245 million is quite an achievement for something that didn't look musical but just weird. Pretty amazing numbers and cranking out lots of views and comments still.
He really looks like a weird character in a movie and it’s cool af
He looks like an updated version of Shiggy in scooby doo
It feels like a Wes Anderson character but on another level
dumb kid ah yes a love shiggy
@@migueloharasleftboob SHIGGY
*Clockwork Marble*
This guy is literally a character Alice would meet down the rabbit hole.
Agreed
POV: Exploring through the misty Forrest and suddenly you find yourself at a wooden cabin. The only thing strange is that there is music coming from inside. When you enter there is just a smartly dressed man with headphones inside with a wooden machine, no other furniture. He pays you no mind as he continues with his jam. You notice that the music is being made from marbles being dropped in different places. Your interest is peaked, what do you do?
@@darcybrooks5691 yes
@@darcybrooks5691 just put more balls in that machine
@@darcybrooks5691 yes
Its truly,madly, deeply genius to build and play such instrument and its so dulcet.
What a pleasure to listen and watch it again after all these years! That is both genius and amazing music 🥰
The year is 2022, I have returned to watch this marbleous creation again!
2022
2022!!
2022
Same bro
Same bro!!
*That one black marble*
You could say it's the black sheep in the family ;P
He wanted it to be diverse.
*That one bold comment*
In case you didn't realize, the black marble was to show the movement of a single marble throughout the machine.
creamyonions98 Obviously
I remember you building this machine. Crazy to have this video recommended to me 8 years later out of the blue. Love it as always!
this is like the old animated music videos where the steel balls play music in a animated setting, but this is real life, not computer cgi. this is amazing! please make more
The fact that this beast of an instrument is playable by only ONE person is just extraordinary
... church organs?
One man band
@@nebula_wolf3132 It's only one instrument, this has different instruments syncronized for an entire melody with drums, guitar and vibraphone. And I think it can be played by everybody who has a sense of rythm.
@@nebula_wolf3132 They're big but not complicated and have very very few moving parts. Also organists typically don't design and hand make their organ let alone an entirely new instrument
@@therandomizer7774 some organs do have more than one instrument. There are organs that have all kinds of other instruments build into them, like snares, xylophones, and glockenspiels
If this guy showed this to a king 500 years ago, he would be called a wizard, and a national treasure.
Or would be burned at the stake as practitioner of dark arts.
@@TheFlyingMage Naw, kings liked clever men with their clever contraptions. If this dude were a lady, probably what you said. But look at Leonardo Davinci. He was beloved for his creations, mechanical and artistic. This is mechanical art. He could cal it something like the Symphony Box, or whatever.
Pretty sure he is a wizard tho...
No not 500 yrs ago even now.
IKEA still hasnt existed so its impossible
This is still one of the most impressive creative things I've seen on TH-cam
That ain’t no instrument, that’s a piece of art
Friend: What instrument do you play?
Him: Well, it’s complicated
Dathan Trinh stolen
@Rasmus hahaha omg
VeloxEdits, there is actually more ppl that copy that kind of comment
Literally
Y play the drumbs and the 🅱️ass
this guy looks exactly like a marbles machine musician should look like.
Lol this is so true it's dumb
He reminds me of Austin powers a bit and I dont know why
lol
@@thestormzeey359 It's the way he moves around and the hair, and the little accents in his clothes.
Ah yes I have incouted many marble musicians in my life
This is still one of the most impressive things I've seen in 38 years on this planet
This video popped up again in my news feed in 2024. No matter how many times I watch this, I am still an awe thinking about the mechanics and physics and planning to make this instrument and then the amount of practice needed to be able to pull off this video
The sounds from pulling the levers have become part of the song for me at this point.
i believe it's intentional
it fits too good to not be
Same
Some switches do have that nice 'click' sound.
This is one of em for sure.
he has impeccable timing really shows his mastery of the instrument
Sameee
Da vinci would be proud of you.
+solitwar
Or jealous. The guy was pretty competitive.
+Adam Smith so true lol
+solitwar LOL
Maybe this guy is one of DaVinci's descendants.
+Adam Smith I don't think so - imagine, Da Vinci today with access to present technology, computers, CADs etc :)
Saw this so long ago and so glad it’s popped up to remind me how brilliant the world is!!!
This will never cease to be iconic
Good luck to future historians uncoding this Masterpiece.
They’d think they finally learnt what kind of engineering level we are at and then get hit with this.
I was 200th like just saying
they will wonder why such an advanced society were going back 300 years in how to make music.
it would be really sad if this was the only video that survived on the entire internet because of some disaster were to befall us all.
Good thing that his merch is literally the blueprint(i think)
Yes... excellent...
Don't deny it - this is your monthly "go on, it's been a while" video
lol
Lmao
Why would I 😆😆😆
You know people well lol
Guilty
I always some how found this old clip every year . Wow it been 8 year . Still dope
Been watching since it first came out never gets old
The last 30 seconds left me in chills when he just straight up left the machine running and the piece ended perfectly, amazing job.
ancient dj be like
because of them, what is meaning of luck, (sorry l recommend!!!!!lockd) don't know how to make sure you don't know hesitates
@@user-sg1mi9yq8t yabba dabba doooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Best part for me too that was so smooth
Yes! The latency of that last ball bearing is rediculously awesome. I would figure its measured back on that slowing wheel by at least 8 units if not more. Precision.
This never gets old
never
@@monika3603 never
Never
@@pseudo_original8602 Never
Never
This sound is so wonderful. The person who is reading this comment, I wish you great success, health, love and happiness!
I'm hear to pay my yearly respects to this classic ,
This is still the coolest shit I've seen, even 4 years later
true
The only thing I don't know is why so many dislikes
I probably watched this 30 times now. It is simply amazing.
True
its amazing
Can you imagine the amount of trial and error that went into this machine? That's dedication. Also, I love the fact that he used some Lego pieces to build this. The man's a genius.
He truly is a genius. What a mind!!!!
Ачуметь.если он сделал это.
He said in another video that this machine is a failure i would love to see what he considers perfect
Dude is already designing the third version after giving up on the second.
It's hilarious because this was actually a one test run. He said the machine retired right after playing this song, as it just downright failed completely.
Oh my god I remember seeing this like 2 years ago and absolutely loving it, it still does not fail to impress me. Where ever you are after these long 8 years, I hope you are doing well and still making and doing awesome things. You might not know it, but you are a huge inspiration. Stay awesome!
This never gets old.
2 years ago, i found this masterpiece. but then, unfortunately, forgot about it. but i found it! so now, i applaud you, buddy.
GodlyGuy literally exact same for me
omg same! I found this video 2 years ago as well and i just got recommended it again
GodlyGuy beautiful video always a treat to find it in my recommended
3 years ago
I'll watch this every time i got it recommended again
I'm a teacher and I showed my 6th graders this video to see how many musical instruments they could identify in the Marble Machine. They had a lot of fun and some of them decided to learn a new instrument! Your project opens minds, and make kids be more interested in making music and not only consuming it. Thank you so much for that!
What a brilliant and creative idea! I'm sure it was a lot of fun! How many instruments did they identify?
Your a kool teacher!!!
COOL TEACHER
Outstanding move!!
@@eskilajnenn xylophone, drums, bass, "music box", tambourine. :)
That was badass, I can't imagine constructing that instrument. Intricate craftsmanship