Look Mum No Computer

Sam James Battle (born Bartle), known online as Look Mum No Computer, is a British YouTuber, electronics enthusiast, musician and composer who posts videos about making pro audio gear and synthesizers, as well as original music tracks.[2][3][4] He is known for esoteric and eccentric musical devices made from vintage technology, such as a Furby organ, a synthesizer fused with a classic Raleigh Chopper bicycle and a Gameboy Triple Oscillator.[2] Battle directs This Museum is Not Obsolete, a museum in Ramsgate, Kent which showcases vintage analogue devices, often repurposed for humorous uses.[5]

Sam Battle
Battle with electronic equipment
Battle with electronic equipment
Background information
Birth nameSam James Bartle[1]
Born (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989
Grantham, England
Genres
Years active2016–present
Member ofZIBRA
Websitelookmumnocomputer.com

YouTube

Sam Battle launched his YouTube channel in 2013, originally setup for ZIBRA, a band that Battle created with three friends. Battle's first music gear related video was posted in 2016.[2][6] Besides ad income from YouTube, Battle has also been funding his electronic inventions with fan donations, on the subscription platform Patreon.[2]

In 2019, he created a Furby (an electronic robotic toy) based synthesizer, by wiring it up into a modular synthesizers.[7] In 2022, Battle began restoring a 1914 church organ, as an exhibit in This Museum is Not Obsolete,[8] the process of which has been documented on his channel. Battle also produces and sells modular synthesizer components,[9] such as the #1222 Performance VCO.[3]

As of November 2022, his YouTube channel has garnered over fifty five million views.[10]

Music career

He released his first single called "Groundhog Day" in 2019.[2] He did a tour in Germany, Switzerland and the UK in 2019.[2]

In May 2022, he joined with Cuckoo and Hainbach to form a musical supergroup called Uncompressed.[4]

Battle has co-produced several composition for screening, such as Satellite Moment (with Charlie Fink), for the film adaptation of a Street Cat Named Bob, as well as Glitter and Gold (with Barns Courtney) for Netflix's series Safe.[11]

Discography

Singles
  • "Groundhog Day" – 2019
  • "Modern Gas" – 2019
  • "Shock Horror" – 2020
  • "Desperado Vespa" – 2020
  • "Daydreamer" – 2020
  • "Stand and Deliver" – 2020
  • "Youth8500" – 2021
  • "Stupid Me" – 2021
  • "RIDE" – 2021
  • "Mind Over Matter" – 2021
  • "We'll Find a Way" – 2022

Albums and EPs
  • "Human Procrastination" – 2019 (EP)
  • "These Songs are Obsolete" – 2020
  • "Look Mum No Bootleg PT. I" – 2022
  • "Look Mum No Bootleg PT. II" – 2022

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References
  1. "TIME IS NOT A HEALER IT S A TOOL FOR RESENTME". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. "Inside the crazy, musical mind of Look Mum No Computer". Engadget. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. Vincent, Robin (6 May 2022). "Look Mum No Computer brings Kosmo #1222 Performance VCO to Eurorack". gearnews.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. Rogersonpublished, Ben (26 May 2022). "Look Mum No Computer, Cuckoo and Hainbach are forming "the world's first synth-nerd supergroup"". MusicRadar. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. By (24 September 2021). "This (Obsolete Technology) Museum Is (Not) Obsolete". Hackaday. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. Guitar into modular synth Interfacing, retrieved 23 September 2022
  7. "Furby Synthesizer Creates Sounds Nobody Should Ever Hear". Nerdist. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  8. Booth, Martin (24 May 2022). "The organ that took up most of a house has finally been removed". Bristol24/7. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  9. Vincent, Robin (24 February 2022). "Look Mum No Computer AAAPPPCCC chiptune noise machine". gearnews.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  10. "LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  11. "LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER biography". Last.fm. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  12. "LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER music, videos, stats, and photos". Last.fm. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  13. "Look Mum No Computer". Discogs. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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