DJ Robert Rhythm DJ Robert Rhythm, a.k.a. Robert Mattson, based in Chicago, remembers his love for music at the young age of 10. He took his first drum lessons then and looks to that moment as the starting point when music took over his world. Throughout school he perfected the art of playing drums. He played to all kinds of grooves, and listened to songs over and over through his headphones until each song was perfected. By the age of 15, he expanded his horizons and traded his drum set for a PA system and mixer. He later bought a drum machine and started recording his own beats. By the age of 19, he was in and out of the recording studio. He sent in a few tapes to record companies and talent agencies, but no one every replied. By 24, he was out of money and had to put his musical career on hold. While growing up as a teen in his spare time, Robert became an adapt at computer programming. He took those skills to the real world and made a successful career of it. For a while, this is how life was. A dramatic change altered his course when he met his wife, a young energetic dancer from the Philippines. After his wife took a job in a popular mega club in Chicago, he started getting seriously back into music. He would frequent the club each weekend to dance and listen to the great new house, trance and techno grooves from every DJ they had to offer. He made it a point to learn the club scene and get to know the people quickly. This new sound took him to new heights and awoke the passion that was locked inside of him for years. He would study the art of DJ'ing night after night and saw how the DJ brought the crowd to a utopia that can only be experienced while on the dance floor. Every day he would scour the Internet to find the best sounds through various vinyl record shops concentrated in house, techno, and trance. It didn't take long to develop a style of his own. This music was what he was looking for all his life. Fueled by this passion inside, he went out and bought an entire system, complete with Technics turntables, Pioneer CD players and mixer. Every chance he could get, Robert would be spinning. At least once or twice a week Robert would hook up with fellow friends he met through the club to spend the night spinning records. In 2005, Robert has hooked up with undergound record label, Spankin Muzik, featuring the talents of DJ Reverse. Watch out for his promo CD party with Spankin Muzik soon!! Catch Robert spinning at Origin Cafe along side DJ Reverse every Friday night!! Origin Cafe 5062 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60625