Sam Battle | |
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![]() Battle with electronic equipment | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Sam James Bartle [1] |
Born | 1990 (age 33–34)
[2] England |
Genres | |
Years active | 2016–present |
Member of | ZIBRA |
Website |
lookmumnocomputer |
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]
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]
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]
Sam Battle | |
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![]() Battle with electronic equipment | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Sam James Bartle [1] |
Born | 1990 (age 33–34)
[2] England |
Genres | |
Years active | 2016–present |
Member of | ZIBRA |
Website |
lookmumnocomputer |
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]
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]
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]