Electronic music innovator Look Mum No Computer has been confirmed as this year’s UK representative at the Eurovision song contest.
The artist behind the project, Sam Battle, has built a global following through his inventive blend of music, engineering and eccentric creativity. Known for transforming vintage technology into playable instruments – including a Furby-powered synthesiser and a bike-mounted sound machine – Battle has become one of the UK’s most distinctive electronic voices.
Alongside his online success, Battle runs This Museum Is Not Obsolete in Ramsgate, where restored analogue devices are reimagined into musical experiments. His YouTube channel, launched in 2013, has now surpassed 63 million views, documenting everything from modular synth builds to the restoration of a 1914 church organ.
He is known for making and playing unusual, esoteric, and eccentric electronic musical devices made from vintage technology; notably such devices as a Furbyorgan, a synthesiser fused with a classic Raleigh Chopper bicycle, and a GameboyTriple Oscillator synthesiser.
Before his solo success, Battle began his musical career as frontman of indie band Zibra, performing on major emerging-artist stages and laying the groundwork for his genre-blurring future.
Reacting to the announcement, Battle said he was “taking the honour very seriously,” adding:
“I’ve always been a massive Eurovision fan – I love the magical joy it brings every year. I’m bringing every ounce of creativity to this performance. I hope Eurovision is ready to get synthesised.”