40+ Year Veteran // Los Angeles // Multi-Instrumentalist

CAPN CHRIS
OLDS

Executing precision rhythm since 1986.
Commander of the Mars City Universe.

Initiate Uplink Mars City Universe
System Descent
Biographic Signature

THE
DRUMULATOR
LEGACY

Capn Chris Olds—known industry-wide as theDrumulator—is a Los Angeles-based artist with a legacy spanning four decades. From the San Fernando Jazz Ensemble to the lights of Broadway and the independent circuit of South Louisiana, his rhythmic vocabulary is absolute.

Since cutting his first recording credits in 1986, Chris continues to evolve through the Constellations Jazz Orchestra and Mars City Records. His current projects push ambient and jazz into new geometric territories.

1986
First Record
150+
Releases
88
Constellations
LA
Base Ops
The Multi-Dimensional Collective

THE MARS CITY UNIVERSE

Mars City Records

The sonic anchor. Home to 150+ albums, the C.J.O. series, and theDrumulator's discography.

Access Label

Mars City Books

The narrative foundation. From The Novel to the Graphic Novel and Kid Millennium series.

View Library

Mars City Films

Visual storytelling. Currently developing the Mars City pilot and upcoming cinematic soundtracks.

In Development

Neural Computing

The intelligence core. Exploring the intersection of information physics and rhythmic logic.

Protocol Active
Rhythmic Archive

DISCOGRAPHY

Solo & Primary

  • The Road Never Ends (1998)
  • Kid Millennium (1999)
  • Spontaneous Combustion (2002)
  • Microcosm: Spaceport Alsea (2007)
  • Digging Tunnels Across Time (2022)
  • The Golden Thread (2022)
  • Evolution (2022)
  • Planetarum (2023)
  • Dark Side of Phobos (2023)
  • The Tetrahedron (2024)

C.J.O Series

  • Ursa Major (2010)
  • Piscis Austrinis (2025)
  • Pisces / Pictor (2025)
  • Phoenix / Perseus (2025)
  • Pegasus / Puppis (2025)
  • Pyxis / Lupus
  • Capricornus / Aquarius
  • Aquila / Ara / Auriga
  • Caelum / Carina
  • Canis Major & Minor
Full 150+ Archive //

Collaborations

  • Loose on the World (1987)
  • Predilections - Elle Wolfe (1995)
  • Blue Man - Robert Relley (1996)
  • Digital Rationale (2009)
  • Pleiades Project Earth (2012)
  • Peace Sign (2014)
  • 88 Modern Constellations
Full 150+ Archive //
Instructional Protocol

DRUM
KRAFT

DrumKraft is an integrated system for drumming mastery developed by Chris Olds. It focuses on the physics of the pocket and the philosophy of time.

Technique Optimization
Hybrid Acoustic-Digital Integration

Enrollment Open

Private sessions available via global uplink.