"“I didn't really plan to do Eurovision at all, muses Sam Battle as he takes me round his museum… I was chatting to Johnny, my friend who works here, and we were saying wouldn't it be funny to do it. So, we sent an email to the BBC asking, Is there any way we can get on it?' and they said, Well this guy might be interesting”"
"“Known to his fans as Look Mum No Computer, Battle has built a cult following with his wild fusions of music and esoteric technology. The persona started life as a side project when he was lead singer with the indie could-have-beens Zibra in the mid 00s. When the band split up in 2016, Battle threw himself into the world of Look Mum No Computer, filling his YouTube with videos of him rejigging everyday technology into weird and wonderful new shapes”"
"“In this world, nothing was thrown away, and any amount of lead could be transmuted into the gold of a song. My song has a bit in German, a bit that's upbeat and it makes no sense. It's very British Which brings us to his treasure trove of resuscitated audio technology, known as This Museum is (Not) Obsolete”"
"“Push the front door open, and you're met with a heavy gate that has been covered with Nintendo Game Boys. Heave that open and you burst into a cavernous warren… rammed floor-to-ceiling with flickering screens, flashing lights, obscure dials, trailing wires, inexplicable toys and rattling speakers. It's a teeming collection of centuries of forgotten analogue technology… Everything is bleeping, yodelling, droning or cackling in synthetic cacophony. It takes hours to tune”"
A musician known for combining music with esoteric technology began with a side project that evolved into a cult following. After an earlier indie band ended, he focused on reworking everyday electronics into unusual instruments and performances, treating discarded materials as creative raw material. His work includes transforming devices like gaming consoles and household appliances into functional sound tools. He later created a museum called “This Museum is (Not) Obsolete,” filled with resuscitated analogue technology that produces constant electronic sounds and requires careful tuning. The museum’s atmosphere blends an inventor’s workshop with a comic-book lair, and the Eurovision idea emerged through a casual email to the BBC.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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