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name: chris oldaker
origin: 1980; 34.02342024084672, -118.39684966191702

born and raised in los angeles, ca, chris oldaker began studying art, music, and performance at a young age. he began experimenting with his family’s neglected karaoke machine, using the dual tape decks and multiple inputs to overdub layers of drums, guitars, keyboards, and field recordings into instrumental soundscapes. later attending alexander hamilton high school’s academy of music, he developed a passion for electronic music after enrolling in the obscure, newly revived course in his junior year. in the dusty cupboards of that classroom, he discovered long forgotten hardware like a linn drum-ii, oberheim matrix 6, old tape reels, and fx racks that would further develop an obsession with retro, lo-fi tech that prevails throughout much of his work.

attending the california college of the arts in 1999, he moved to oakland, ca, where he lives and works to this day.

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the cats on earth project dates back to chris oldaker’s early art school years. produced on borrowed desktop pcs and at late night sessions in the school’s computer lab, the early output was very much a solo version of the dr. science sound. [ref: dr. science] but as the sound progressed, cats on earth became much more eclectic and experimental, delving into abstract drum n’ bass to acid house, idm, and everything in between.