Uppermost

Uppermost
Uppermost in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Behdad Nejatbakhshe
Also known as	Uppermost, Downed, Alonely
Origin	Paris, France
Genres	Electro house, electroclash, progressive house, experimental, French house
Occupation(s)	Producer, DJ
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Uppwind Records, Bazooka Records,[1] Zimbalam
Associated acts	Yoann Feynman, Antillas

Behdad Nejatbakhshe, better known by his stage name Uppermost, is a French electronic music producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Paris, France.

Career[]

Uppermost started producing music using FL Studio at the age of 17. His music has been released by Sony BMG, Ministry of Sound, BugEyed Records, Starlight Records, and his own label, Uppwind.^[2] His song "Equivocal" reached 3rd place in the Beatport electro-house chart in 2009 and in 2011 his Biscuit Factory EP ranked 1st on the JunoDownload electro-house chart.^[3] Uppermost has remixed Daft Punk, deadmau5, Burial, Crystal Castles, Johnathan Coulton, Syl Johnson, Congorock, Gregor Tresher, Cyberpunkers, OniMe, Jesus Luz, Spencer & Hill and Felguk. He has been playlisted by artists such as Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and Steve Angello and remixed by the popular Swedish dance duo Dada Life. In 2010, Uppermost released 41 tracks for free on his MySpace page under the aliases Uppermost, Alonely and Downed.^[4] Uppermost is currently working to promote his record label, Uppwind. His goal is to "...create a network where people can share art with each other; an artistic community where all talents can meet and learn from each other."^[5] Uppermost's idea to create music came from "an urge to express what I (Uppermost) felt at the time, some kind of nostalgia, music seemed to be the only language to translate this emotion."^[6]

On 19 September 2011, Uppermost released his debut album, Action, on his own label, Uppwind. It was made available for purchase on Beatport and Amazon on 28 November. On 19 December 2011, he released his second album, Polis, for free on his Uppwind blog, just two months after the release of Action. Uppermost began performing at live events in early 2012, starting with his gig at Alte Kaserne in Zurich. He made his first French radio interview on a student's radio named CommonWave on 21 January 2012 with Steige and Zach Mayer.

Influences[]

He cites Burial and Daft Punk as some of his greatest influences.^[7][8][9]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Compilation albums[]

Extended plays[]

• Daily Clouds EP (2008)
• Funk EP (2008)
• Uncontrollable EP (with Yoann Feynman) (2008)
• Cake Shop EP (2009)
• Off Stage EP(2009)
• Punch EP (2009)
• Mainstreaminization EP (2010)
• Biscuit Factory EP (2011)
• A Fallen Soul (2011)
• Method of Noise EP (2011)
• System32 EP (2011)
• Underground Life EP (2011)
• Life Is a Fight (2012)
• Hidden Poetry (2013)
• New Moon (2015)
• Impact (2016)
• Origins (2011 - 2016) (The Remixes) (2017)
• Pure (with Juani) (2019)
• Night Walk (2019)
• Overnight (2020)

Singles[]

Promotional releases[]

• 2008: Audio Link
• 2011: Mental Process
• 2012: You Share Love
• 2012: Dream Colors
• 2012: Today
• 2012: Firelighter
• 2012: Flow (samples Daft Punk - "Digital Love" / Justice - "D.A.N.C.E." / Daft Punk - "Something About Us" / Rockwell ft. Michael Jackson - "Somebody's Watching Me" / Nightcrawlers - "Push The Feeling On (The Dub of Doom)")
• 2012: Rise
• 2012: Passion (samples Linkin Park - "Shadow of the Day" / Apparat - "Escape" / Apparat - "Ash/Black Veil")
• 2012: True (samples Burial - "Archangel")
• 2012: Independent (samples Ben Howard - "Keep Your Head Up")
• 2012: Overnight
• 2012: Beautiful Light (samples Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - "Say Say Say" / Birdy - "People Help The People" / Daft Punk - "Face to Face" / Muse - "Madness")
• 2013: Discover Life (samples Gabrielle Aplin - "The Power of Love")
• 2013: Don't Forget the Sun
• 2013: Feel Alive
• 2013: My Beloved Soul
• 2013: Reminder
• 2013: Saving The World
• 2016: Constellation

Remixes[]

• 2007: Kevin Tandarsen - Moria
• 2008: Cyberpunkers - Is Alternative
• 2008: Missy Jay - Nobody's Perfect
• 2009: Disco Bitch - C'est Beau La Bourgeoisie (Kevin Tandarsen & Uppermost Remix)
• 2009: Greenpower featuring Ely Morelli - What Is Love?
• 2009: Nina Martine - Kick It
• 2009: OniMe - Close Your Eyes
• 2010: Swen Weber & Jewelz - Memory
• 2010: Spencer & Hill - 303
• 2010: Sebastien Szade & Eddine.B - Pyramid of Kheops
• 2010: deadmau5 - Complications [unreleased]
• 2010: Jesus Luz - Around the World
• 2010: deadmau5 - Jaded
• 2010: Squeeeze! - Doop
• 2010: Felguk - Side By Side
• 2010: Daft Punk - Technologic
• 2010: Rene Rodrigezz featuring Sivana Reese - More & More
• 2010: Syl Johnson - I'm Talking About Freedom
• 2010: Jonathan Coulton - Still Alive
• 2010: Burial - Archangel
• 2010: Fatboy Slim - Star 69 [unreleased]
• 2011: OniMe - Elsewhere
• 2011: Crystal Castles - Vietnam
• 2011: Keane - He Used To Be a Lovely Boy
• 2011: Burial - Forgive & Street Halo
• 2011: Dada Life - Happy Violence
• 2012: Sebastien Benett - Slap
• 2012: Lemaitre - Appreciate
• 2013: Futurecop! featuring Cavaliers of Fun - Atlantis 1997
• 2013: Camo & Krooked featuring Ian Shaw - Move Around
• 2014: Daft Punk - Face to Face
• 2014: Röyksopp - Poor Leno
• 2015: Phoenix - Bourgeois
• 2015: Adele - Hello
• 2015: Modjo - Lady
• 2015: Christine and The Queens - Saint Claude
• 2016: Olga Kouklaki - Oxytocin
• 2016: Rihanna - "Work"
• 2016: Halsey - Haunting
• 2017: Flyboy featuring Radiochaser - Run Away With Me
• 2017: Xavier Boyer - Stockholm Syndrome
• 2018: SKYGGE feat. The Pirouettes - One Note Samba
• 2018: SACRE - Forever Young
• 2019: Uppermost - Pure [with Popiche]
• 2019: The Midnight - Shadows
• 2020: Midnight Kids featuring Lisa Goe - Break Away
• 2020: Gareth Emery - Way To You

References[]