Sam James Battle (born Bartle), known online as Look Mum No Computer, is a British

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enthusiast, musician and composer who posts videos about making

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gear and synthesizers, as well as original music tracks. He is known for making and playing unusual, esoteric, and eccentric electronic musical devices made from vintage technology; notably such devices as a

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organ, a synthesizer fused with a classic

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. Battle directs This Museum is Not Obsolete—a museum in

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, Kent which showcases vintage analogue devices which are often repurposed for humorous uses.

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. Besides ad income from YouTube, Battle has also been funding his electronic inventions with fan donations, on the subscription platform

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. In 2019, he created a

(an electronic robotic toy) based synthesizer, by wiring it up into a modular synthesizers. In 2022, Battle began restoring a 1914

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, as an exhibit in This Museum is Not Obsolete, the process of which has been documented on his channel. Battle also produces and sells

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components, such as the #1222 Performance VCO. As of January 2024, his YouTube channel has garnered over sixty-three million views.

Music career

He released his first single called "Groundhog Day" in 2019. He did a tour in Germany, Switzerland and the UK in 2019. In May 2022, he joined with Cuckoo and Hainbach to form a musical supergroup called Uncompressed. Battle has co-produced several composition for screening, such as ''Satellite Moment'' (with

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Discography

As Look Mum No Computer

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

References

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External links

LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER – Youtube Channel
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