# One Uber, One Demo: The Story Behind Audien and Luke Alexander’s ‘7 Miles High’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/one-uber-one-demo-the-story-behind-audien-and-luke-alexanders-7-miles-high/
- Published: 2026-11-07T16:20:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T17:50:40+00:00
- Original publisher: Dancing Astronaut
- Original article: https://dancingastronaut.com/2026/11/one-uber-one-demo-the-story-behind-audien-and-luke-alexanders-7-miles-high/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- An airport-bound Uber ride sparked “7 Miles High”.
- Audien and Luke Alexander shaped the demo into a collaboration.
- The track blends melodic and groove-led house influences.

## Summary

Audien and Luke Alexander’s collaboration “7 Miles High” began when Alexander played an unfinished demo through an Uber’s speakers on the way to Chicago airport after a festival. Audien, whose real name is Nate Rathbun, offered feedback, and the two developed the track together. The story shows how an informal moment led to a release that brings their different approaches to dance music into one record.

Alexander brought a grittier, groove-led house sound shaped by New York clubs, while Audien added melodic and emotional elements associated with his progressive house work. They refined an initially more restrained version into a bigger, more energetic track drawing on tech house, indie dance and progressive house. Released through Enhanced, it is Alexander’s first collaboration at this level; the article also describes it as a move towards house for Audien.

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