Marble Machine
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| - | [[Forest Xylophone]] (2011) by [[Invisible Designs Lab]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U505qByHtsw][http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/spot-call-wild-130914] and Drill Inc is a giant [[xylophone]] operated by a wooden ball. The instrument plays Bach's [[Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |Cantata 147]]. It was designed in Japan as a commercial for a new [[cell phone]] with a [[wood]]en casing. | + | |
| - | ==See also== | + | Between December 2014 and March 2016, the band [[Wintergatan]] uploaded several [[YouTube]] videos featuring [[Martin Molin]] documenting the construction of a [[music box]] that uses [[marbles]] to play instruments. The machine is powered by hand, and works by raising steel marbles through the machine into multiple feeder tubes, where they are then released from height via programmable release gates, falling and striking a musical instrument below. Instruments played by marbles striking them include a [[vibraphone]], [[bass guitar]], [[cymbal]], and emulated [[kick drum]], [[hi-hat|high hat]] and [[snare drum]] sounds using [[contact microphone|contact microphones]]. The music score is stored on two programmable wheels that utilise [[Lego Technic]] beams and stud connectors to trigger armatures to release the marbles. A final [[music video]] showing the machine in use was released in 2016. |
| - | *[[Marble Machine]] by Wintergatan | + | |
| - | *[[Japanese music]] | + | Ten months after the debut of 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,” would solve a multitude of mechanical functionality problems with the original marble machine. Martin Molin, the builder of the original marble machine, is collaborating with Karin and Olof Eneroth as well as fans for the design of the ''Marble Machine X'' and has transported the original marble machine to [[Museum Speelklok]] in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]], [[Netherlands|the Netherlands]]. |
| - | *[[Xylophone]] | + | |
| - | *''[[The Way Things Go]]'' (1987) by Fischli and Weiss | + | |
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Between December 2014 and March 2016, the band Wintergatan uploaded several YouTube videos featuring Martin Molin documenting the construction of a music box that uses marbles to play instruments. The machine is powered by hand, and works by raising steel marbles through the machine into multiple feeder tubes, where they are then released from height via programmable release gates, falling and striking a musical instrument below. Instruments played by marbles striking them include a vibraphone, bass guitar, cymbal, and emulated kick drum, high hat and snare drum sounds using contact microphones. The music score is stored on two programmable wheels that utilise Lego Technic beams and stud connectors to trigger armatures to release the marbles. A final music video showing the machine in use was released in 2016.
Ten months after the debut of 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,” would solve a multitude of mechanical functionality problems with the original marble machine. Martin Molin, the builder of the original marble machine, is collaborating with Karin and Olof Eneroth as well as fans for the design of the Marble Machine X and has transported the original marble machine to Museum Speelklok in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
