Wintergatan
| Wintergatan | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Göteborg, Sweden |
| Genres | Folktronica, experimental poppost-rock |
| Years active | 2013 - present |
| Website | www.wintergatan.net |
| Members | Evelina Hägglund Martin Molin Marcus Sjöberg David Zandén |
Wintergatan (Swedish pronunciation: [²vɪntɛrˌɡɑːtan], The Milky Way) is a Swedish folktronica band from Göteborg. Martin Molin and Marcus Sjöberg were previously part of the former band Detektivbyrån. The band uses a variety of unconventional instruments including the Theremin, the self-invented Modulin, a self-built punch-card music box, and a typewriter for use as percussion.
The band released their first track in late 2012 titled Sommarfågel, and released their debut album Wintergatan in 2013.
The bands members all play various instruments but have various primary specializations. Martin Molin specializes in the vibraphone, Evelina Hägglund specializes in keyboard instruments, David Zandén specializes in bass, and Marcus Sjöberg specializes in drums.
Between December 2014 and March 2016, the band 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 an instrument below. All the instruments are played by striking them and 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. The video counts more than 56 million views on YouTube as of 4 October 2017[update].
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