The city of Philadelphia's dance music culture has a long history. It's roots first taking shape in small covert venues with old steel doors guarding their entranceways. Packed dance floors were controlled by visionary DJ's who took each dancer, along with entire city, to the new frontiers. They introduced new sounds and musical concepts. These individuals were and have been the very catalysts for defining an entire culture. These special musical gatherings of the past are history and these musical journeymen who set the pace then and now are legend.

Over the course of last decade the Philadelphia Dance Music scene has seen renaissance of style, energy, creativity and direction. Ask any DJ in Philadelphia who is the one individual largely responsible for this change and you are almost assured the same response across the board: Rob Lee. It all began in the early 90's when Rob first started DJ'ing. Spinning campus parties at his college, University of Pennsylvania, his name began to spread like wildfire, as his parties became known throughout the school as the hottest places to go on a campus. With this word of mouth publicity, Rob's parties soon outgrew the campus and spilled into venues outside of the college walls. Before long, Rob was approached by promoters who frequented his events about recreating his magic in some of the city's major venues. Jumping at the opportunity Rob Lee began touring early on with demand for his energetic sets at a high. Rob made appearances at the Bank, Metropolis, Voodoo, WunderBar, Queen and Vagabond.

This high profile exposure in the city landed him a residency at Revival; Philadelphia's most progressive and underground club at the time. Here at Revival, is where Rob Lee defined himself and set the pace for entire city. Creating a musical standard and sound that would become the very basis for the musical style that would define the Philadelphia's nightlife. The Rob Lee sound covered all parts of the city as he held residencies at all of the hottest spots around like the Casbah and the ultra naughty Black Banana. Rob then went on to become the resident of the Brass Door, which has gone down in history as one of hottest after-hours spots the city, has known. Some time later there was a talk of ground breaking new club to be opened in the city and its owners wanted the special sound of Rob Lee to be its voice. Agreeing to reside over Saturday nights at the Evolution, Rob once again brought his flock, the city of Philadelphia, to their new pastures where he's fed them as their resident for over five years. Many traveling promoters passed through the city to hear the sets of the 'Legendary' Rob Lee ,as the locals named him.