"For 'Pompeii,' I was flattered because they said they specifically reached out for my sound. "The way a remix happens is that a label with a pop hit will send the song out to a few producers to see what they might do," Audien says. In addition to Bastille, Audien has remixed tunes for such stars as Michael Jackson ("Slave to the Rhythm" from Jackson's second posthumous album, "Xscape") and Justin Bieber ("As Long as You Love Me"). Though he tours as a DJ, wherein he'll typically play about 80 percent of his own tracks during a set, he's also in demand as a producer because of his hooky ability to remix existing songs to more readily fit a dance club format. It's so nice to come back here and chill." "We really like being in Mystic," he says. Usually, Audien travels and performs two or three weekend gigs before returning to the Mystic apartment he shares with his girlfriend, Colorado native Katy Redell. On his current headlining tour, sold-out shows included performances at New York City's Irving Plaza, the Fillmore in San Francisco, and the House of Blues in Los Angeles. he's performed in Las Vegas, San Francisco and New York City. We kind of had a spontaneous celebration, which was strange because no one else on the train knew what was going on."Īudien, a 2010 graduate of Stonington High School, leads a decidedly jet-set lifestyle - and his travels frequently take him to shows in exotic locales like Berlin, London, Amsterdam and Paris in the U.S. "I was on a train from Philly to Boston with my girlfriend Katy and another friend, and I was checking Twitter and just found out. "I was actually on a solo tour when I heard," he explains. Audien is nominated in the "Best Remixed Recording, Non Classical" category for his remix of "Pompeii," the hit song by rock band Bastille. While the label, touring and residency deals were all in play, the Grammy nomination was a decided surprise. "Yeah, it was a pretty nice week," said Audien, who, in conversation, is soft-spoken and very polite. Over the course of seven short days, Stonington native and Mystic resident Nate Rathbun - a 22-year-old electronic dance music artist/producer/DJ known professionally as Audien - signed a major contract with the prestigious Astralwerks record label, was nominated for a Grammy, sold out several dates in advance on his first headlining tour, and inked a performance residency deal for later this year in Las Vegas' prestigious Marquee Nightclub and Dayclub in the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Nate Rathbun, known as Audien, is up for a Grammy Award next month.īy any December measuring stick - Santa or presents or mistletoe or partridges in pear trees - it was a pretty incredible month.
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