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Sam Battle
Battle with electronic equipment
Battle with electronic equipment
Background information
Birth nameSam James Bartle[1]
Born1990 (age 34–35)[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 making and playing unusual, esoteric, and eccentric electronic musical devices made from vintage technology; notably such devices as a Furby organ, a synthesizer fused with a classic Raleigh Chopper bicycle, and a Gameboy Triple Oscillator synthesizer.[3] Battle directs This Museum is Not Obsolete—a museum in Ramsgate, Kent which showcases vintage analogue devices which are often repurposed for humorous uses.[6]

YouTube

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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 January 2024, his YouTube channel has garnered over sixty-three million views.[11]

On March 17, 2025, he announced a video game developed in collaboration with the German indie studio The Bitfather [12] and which will be published by Headup Games. [13]

Music career

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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.[14]

Discography

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As Look Mum No Computer

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Singles

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  • "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
  • "Time Is Not a Healer It’s a Fuel for Resentment" – 2022
  • "Handbook on How to Stay Alive" - 2023
  • "Night or Day" - 2023
  • "T.I.M" - 2023
  • "Too Many Mistakes" - 2024
  • "No Hope Eternal" - 2025
feat. Hainbach
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  • "Bordsteinkante" - 2024

Albums and EPs

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  • "Human Procrastination" – 2019 (EP)
  • "These Songs are Obsolete" – 2020
  • "Look Mum No Bootleg PT. I" – 2022
  • "Look Mum No Bootleg PT. II" – 2022
  • "Kosmo Plays Vivaldi" - 2023 (EP)
  • "Kosmo Comes For Christmas" - 2023
  • "Pipe Dreams" - 2024 (EP)
  • "PortaKosmo Vol 1 At the Length" - 2024 (EP)
  • "Double Barelled Decadence" - 2024
  • "The VCS4 Collection" - 2025
  • "Portakosmo 2.0" - 2025
  • "Godwin Band in a Box" - 2025
feat. Hainbach
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  • "Rotopops" - 2024 (EP)
  • "Ghosts" - 2024

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References

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  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. ^ "Look Mum No Computer, portrait of a musician 100% maker – Makery".
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Inside the crazy, musical mind of Look Mum No Computer". Engadget. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b Vincent, Robin (6 May 2022). "Look Mum No Computer brings Kosmo #1222 Performance VCO to Eurorack". gearnews.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b 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". Social Blade. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  12. ^ NO WORD OF A LIE WE MADE A GAME... REPAIRING MACHINES AND MAKING SYNTHS, retrieved 22 April 2025
  13. ^ "Look Mum No Computer on PC", Headup Games, retrieved 22 April 2025
  14. ^ "LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER biography". Last.fm. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  15. ^ "LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER music, videos, stats, and photos". Last.fm. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Look Mum No Computer". Discogs. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  17. ^ "LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER Discography". spotify.com. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
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