Chris Oberman was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on the 30th of November in 1985.
At a young age he already had his mind set to making music. At the age of six he started taking guitar lessons, he entered a choir and did auditions for various shows.
At the age of 11 he started experimenting with electronic music and bought the software program called “Acid Pro”. Just by using samples he tried to make his own tracks. He always loved to show his creations to his family and friends. Everyday he tried, through trial and error, to improve his sound and he still tries to improve it everyday. Never being satisfied with a track, or even just a kick or melody. Working on one kick for a week isn’t an exception, it’s done when he is completely satisfied.

He wanted to show his creations to a bigger audience, therefore he had to learn how to spin the wheels of steel. So he bought his first DJ gear, two turntables and a mixer. After practicing for days, and nights, he started participating in every DJ contest he could find. This way he gained a lot of experience. He won several DJ contests through out the country and in 2008 he won the biggest Hardstyle DJ contest in the world, the b2s Rookie Nights.

Besides DJ’ing he was still working on his own tracks and trying to improve his sound, but it wasn’t good enough. He decided to follow various producing courses, workshops and trainings next to his already busy psychology education at the University of Utrecht. Later on he searched for remix contests and won the first two he entered. He got his tracks released on AVIO Records and Dutch Master Works. You can describe his style as, original and catchy but hard. “When I make a track I try to build a theme in it and a good buildup, with a break that fits the theme in the track. I think originality is important and I try to make every track a track that stands on it’s own.”

The name “Jack of Sound” comes from his last name “Oberman”. Oberman was used as the name for the Jack in a card deck in Germany a long time ago like “Jack of Hearts”. He replaced “Hearts” with “Sound” and “Jack of Sound” was born.

In 2008, Jack of Sound won the B2S Rookie Nights and performed that same year on the massive Decibel Outdoor Festival. A year later he won the AVIO Records Remix Contest. His remix was chosen by Alphaverb and Intractable One as the best and most original remix. That same year he also won the Showtek Remix Contest “Black”.
The worlds leading hardstyle duo “Showtek” chose his remix of Black as the winning remix and got his remix released on the important hardstyle label Dutch Master Works.

Besides remixeshe also made some floor filling Mash-Ups such as the famous “Cocaine Fothermucker” Mash-Up, which appeared on the Qlimax CD 2009, and the many requested “Ultimate Donkey Rollers Mash-Up”. His tracks, remixes and mash-ups are being played by artists like Tatanka, Zany, Dozer and The Pitcher at all the world’s biggest hardstyle events like Qlimax, Defqon1, Decibel, In Qontrol and others.

In 2010 he joined one of the biggest hardstyle labels in the world, “Fusion Records” with artists like Zany, The Pitcher and the Donkey Rollers. The guys from Fusion were immediately impressed by his sound and original tracks. They offered him the contract that would change his life. His first release on Fusion Records featuring “A Ghost Story” and "You're Next" has been played on all the big hardstyle events and appeared on the Decibel Outdoor 2010 and the HardBass 2011 compilation.

There's no doubt about it, he's Next...