Sam Battle
Battle with electronic equipment
Battle with electronic equipment
Background information
Birth nameSam James Bartle[1]
Born1990 (age 33–34)[2]
England
Genres
Years active2016–present
Member ofZIBRA
Websitelookmumnocomputer.com

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.[3][4][5] 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.[3] Battle directs This Museum is Not Obsolete, a museum in Ramsgate, Kent which showcases vintage analogue devices, often repurposed for humorous uses.[6]

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.[3][7] Besides ad income from YouTube, Battle has also been funding his electronic inventions with fan donations, on the subscription platform Patreon.[3]

In 2019, he created a Furby (an electronic robotic toy) based synthesizer, by wiring it up into a modular synthesizers.[8] In 2022, Battle began restoring a 1914 church organ, as an exhibit in This Museum is Not Obsolete,[9] the process of which has been documented on his channel. Battle also produces and sells modular synthesizer components,[10] such as the #1222 Performance VCO.[4]

As of November 2022, his YouTube channel has garnered over fifty five million views.[11]

Music career

He released his first single called "Groundhog Day" in 2019.[3] He did a tour in Germany, Switzerland and the UK in 2019.[3]

In May 2022, he joined with Cuckoo and Hainbach to form a musical supergroup called Uncompressed.[5]

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.[12]

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

[13][14]

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. ↑ https://www.makery.info/en/2017/02/03/look-mum-no-computer-portrait-dun-musicien-100-maker/amp/
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Inside the crazy, musical mind of Look Mum No Computer". Engadget. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. 1 2 Vincent, Robin (6 May 2022). "Look Mum No Computer brings Kosmo #1222 Performance VCO to Eurorack". gearnews.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. ↑ By (24 September 2021). "This (Obsolete Technology) Museum Is (Not) Obsolete". Hackaday. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. ↑ Guitar into modular synth Interfacing, retrieved 23 September 2022
  8. ↑ "Furby Synthesizer Creates Sounds Nobody Should Ever Hear". Nerdist. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Booth, Martin (24 May 2022). "The organ that took up most of a house has finally been removed". Bristol24/7. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  10. ↑ Vincent, Robin (24 February 2022). "Look Mum No Computer AAAPPPCCC chiptune noise machine". gearnews.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) – Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER biography". Last.fm. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER music, videos, stats, and photos". Last.fm. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  14. ↑ "Look Mum No Computer". Discogs. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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