Robinson was born in Australia but spent his childhood in Bangladesh[1][2] as a child of Christian missionary parents.
He received a bachelor's degree in music from the Victorian College of the Arts which he built on completing a Masters in Composition in 2010.
Robinson formed a contemporary improvisation quintet named En Rusk performing original compositions.
In 2005 he formed The Escalators, which released an album entitled Wrapped in Plastic,[3] compositions and concepts inspired by the films of David Lynch.
[5] In 2010 he formed Australian Jazz band Collider with Melbourne saxophonist Adam Simmons.
Combining a traditional jazz ensemble with orchestral and improvising string players, "Solo in Red"[6] was a large form composition composed by Robinson, performed by Collider and commissioned by the Melbourne Writers Festival.
He is also featured on the Australian TV Series Miss Fischer's Murder Mysteries produced by the ABC.
In 2004 he received funding through the Australia Council to compose a concert-length work for prepared piano and small ensemble that was premiered at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz.
He also has scored the music to six short films and has collaborated in numerous cross arts projects with visual artists including Kiron Robinson, Narinda Reevers, and Dave Macleod.