[off-screen thumping]
[metallic clanks]
[musical scale]
[upbeat, fast-paced music]
[dragging sound]
[metallic clanks]
[resonant, metallic ring]
[metallic clanks]
[dragging and thumping]
[metallic clanks]
[various workshop noises]
[mimics sound of turntable]
[various workshop noises]
[sped up workshop noise]
[quiet workshop noise]
[sped up workshop noise]
[various workshop noises]
Twist. And...
[magical wubs]
*blows on wand*
[resonant ring, like a gong]
[high-pitched ringing, clicking screwdriver]
[ring sound drops in pitch as video slows down]
Okay...
yes...
Yes!
heh.
[sped up speech, too fast to understand]
[upbeat drums]
2014 : I saw the Animusic "Pipe Dream" video
and then I saw Matthias Wandel building marble machines
and I happened to visit the Speelklok museum in Utrecht
with mechanical music instruments.
After seeing all those things,
I built the Marble Machine.
The Marble Machine became a prototype
because it didn't really function well enough
to go on live tour and play music onstage.
So now, I'm trying to build the Marble Machine X.
The Marble Machine X project has completely ballooned out of my control
and I'm trying to assemble a new part every week
so I can reach the goal, somewhere down the line, to make music.
The machine is not the goal, the music is the goal
and if I succeed with that, I want to go on a world tour and play live music for you all
with the Marble Machine X on stage; that's the vision I'm working towards.
I don't know if I've actually just lost all my marbles and will tinker around on this machine
until the sun runs out of material to burn
or if I'm making a modern masterpiece.
I will document this whole process in this video series, with a new video every Wednesday
and eventually we will have an answer to that question.
Thanks so much for watching. See you on the next Wintergatan Wednesday.
[chill outro music]