Look Mum No Computer

Look Mum No Computer plays The Welly on Friday 20 November, from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. It's part of a UK tour that takes in Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, Bristol and London, with the Hull date sitting right in the middle of that run.

If you've come across the name but aren't sure what it is, the project belongs to Sam Battle, a musician who builds his own synthesizers and electronic instruments from obsolete technology. He runs Museum Is (Not) Obsolete in Ramsgate, a collection of discarded tech that includes a church organ and an organ made of Furbies. He's built a huge following on YouTube, with over 85 million views and 1.4 million combined followers, and some of the things he's turned into instruments are hard to imagine until you see them: a synthesizer bicycle and flame-throwing keyboards among them.

He's played packed venues across the UK and Europe, releasing singles, albums and EPs, and producing and co-writing music for other artists. Most recently, he represented the UK at Eurovision with the single Eins, Zwei, Drei, which he performed in a pink boiler suit he fought to keep. That song is the one he's most known for right now, and it's a good place to start if you're new to his work.

Beyond the instruments and the Eurovision run, there's a bit of a personal side to the story too: he's also a father to a four-month-old son. The Hull show runs from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm at The Welly, 105-107 Beverley Rd, HU3 1TS.