OG: Approved - LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER
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Name: LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER
Instagram: 229k Followers
Youtube: 675K Followers
X: 17K Followers
Who Is LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER?
Sam Battle — aka Look Mum No Computer — is what happens when you give a synth nerd a soldering iron, a garage full of scrap and zero respect for the rules. He’s a musician, inventor, and chaos engineer building a world where anyone can make noise, no permission required.
His YouTube channel is a cult favorite — part build log, part performance art. One video might show him turning an old Game Boy into a modular synth module. The next? Rewiring a hundred Furby toys into a nightmare choir. And then there’s the time he hauled an entire church organ across the country just to make it sing again.
But LMNC isn’t just making wild machines for views — he’s opening doors. Everything he builds comes with blueprints, context and that scrappy sense of “you could do this too.” He’s not selling mystique. He’s selling curiosity.
He doubled down on that ethos with This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete — a brick-and-mortar museum/laboratory in Ramsgate, UK, where visitors can get hands-on with analog relics, glitchy prototypes and forgotten sound machines. It's part museum, part playground, and 100% built for people who think rules are optional.
Look Mum No Computer is more than a name — it’s a manifesto. Lo-fi, high-concept, and open-source at heart.
Three Things We Like About LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER
1. He breaks things open — and leaves the door open behind him: Every build is an open invitation. No gatekeeping, no mystery — just blueprints, breakdowns, and real talk. LMNC doesn’t just show you the machine. He shows you how it works.
2. LMNC built his own world — and made it interactive: This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete is more than a collection. It’s a playground for analog heads and curious minds. Touch the gear. Tweak the knobs. Ask questions. No glass cases. No velvet ropes.
3. Experimentation is culture: LMNC’s work isn’t weird for weird’s sake — it’s proof that curiosity drives everything. Synths made from toys, organs from churches, choirs made of Furbies — it’s all part of the same mission: push boundaries, keep it open, and make some noise.
I love the innovation regarding off-platform interaction and community giveaways. Getting those two things right can offer huge leverage for creators.