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
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
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]
