It\u2019s morning in Chicago. Luke Alexander sits in the back of an Uber headed to the airport. The sky is still that flat, early gray, and the city slides past the window in a blur of wet pavement and half-lit storefronts. Luke hasn\u2019t really slept. He\u2019s coming off a festival, his ears still ringing a little, his bag wedged between his feet.<\/p>\n
On his phone is a track he\u2019s only been working on for a quick second. He thinks it might be something, but he wants another set of ears on it, and there\u2019s no studio anywhere in reach. This Uber is the closest thing to one he\u2019s had all weekend.<\/p>\n
So he plays what he has. The demo comes through the car\u2019s speakers. It\u2019s rough around the edges, a sketch more than a song, but it fills the car anyway as the Uber merges onto the expressway. Luke turns to the guy next to him and asks what he thinks.<\/p>\n
That guy is Nate Rathbun. Most people know him as Audien.<\/p>\n
That Uber ride became \u201c7 Miles High.\u201d Out now via Enhanced, the single pairs the melodic instincts behind Audien\u2019s GRAMMY-nominated career and his Progressive House Never Died (PHND) movement with the grittier,<\/p>\n