Flywheel - Marble Machine X #46

[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]