[5] From 2017 he lived and worked in southern France, where he built a custom music studio and workshop, but in April 2022 he moved back to Sweden.

[4] In 2005, he and his brother Anders Molin were inspired to start Detektivbyrån, after he heard La Valse d'Amélie by Yann Tiersen.

[4] The group gained attention when, inspired by a visit to the Speelklok Museum, Molin built his "Marble Machine", a music box made of 3000 components that played using 2000 metal balls.

[14] This at one point was called "Wintergatan Wednesdays" but lost the title when Molin experimented with new formats and release schedules.

The comments to his YouTube posts at this time document widespread concern about both abandoning the MMX and the direction Molin was taking, including doubts that a finished marble machine would ever be delivered.