Behdad Nejatbakhshe (born February 19, 1989), better known by his stage name Uppermost, is a French electronic music producer and DJ based in Paris.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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."
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.
On 15 September 2023, marking his third free-to-download LP releases to date since Polis and Control, Uppermost released his 12th album, titled P2P. All tracks are titled in all caps, with their initialisms deliberately referencing computer science terminologies (HDMI, VOIP, SSH, Peer-to-peer...). Uploaded on Google Drive, the release contains, alongside the 16 tracks in .wav format, a .zip password-encrypted archive titled "EXTENDED" featuring 7 additional tracks, and a readme.txt asking listeners to "find some hints on (his) discord server".
On 3 November 2023, P2P EXTENDED was released, including the 7 previously unreleased tracks.
Influences
He cites Burial and
Daft Punk as some of his greatest influences.
Discography
Studio albums
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| 2011 | Action |
Polis
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Released: 19 December 2011
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Label: Uppwind
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Formats: Free digital download
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| 2012 | One
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Released: 10 September 2012
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Label: Uppwind
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Formats: CD, digital download
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Control
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Released: 17 December 2012
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Label: Uppwind
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Formats: Free digital download
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| 2013 | Revolution
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Released: 10 June 2013
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Label: Uppwind
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Formats: CD, digital download
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| 2014 | Evolution
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Released: 14 April 2014
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Label: Uppwind
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Formats: CD, digital download
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| 2017 | Origins (2011-2016)
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Released: 10 February 2017
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Label: Uppwind
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Format: LP, CD, digital download
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| 2018 | Perseverance
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Released: 23 March 2018
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Label: Uppwind
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Format: LP, CD, digital download
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Given by Nature
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Released: 7 September 2018
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Label: Uppwind
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Format: LP, CD, digital download
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| 2021 | Painted Stories
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Released: 12 February 2021
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Label: Uppwind
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Formats: LP, CD, digital download
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Digital Realism
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Released: 26 December 2021
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Label: Uppwind
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Formats: CD, digital download
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| 2023 | P2P
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Released: 15 September 2023
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Label: Uppwind
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Formats: LP, CD, free digital download
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P2P EXTENDED
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Released: 3 November 2023
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Label: Uppwind
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Formats: LP, CD, free digital download
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Compilation albums
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| 2019 | Uppwind on Air, Vol.1 |
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Extended plays
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Daily Clouds EP (2008)
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Funk EP (2008)
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Uncontrollable EP (with Yoann Feynman) (2008)
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Cake Shop EP (2009)
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Off Stage EP (2009)
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Punch EP (2009)
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Mainstreaminization EP (2010)
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Biscuit Factory EP (2011)
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A Fallen Soul (2011)
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Method of Noise EP (2011)
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System32 EP (2011)
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Underground Life EP (2011)
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Life Is a Fight (2012)
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Hidden Poetry (2013)
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New Moon (2015)
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Impact (2016)
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Origins (2011 – 2016) (The Remixes) (2017)
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Pure (with Juani) (2019)
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Night Walk (2019)
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Overnight (2020)
Singles
Samples
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2012: "Flow"
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2012: "Passion"
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2012: "True"
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2012: "Independent"
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2012: "Beautiful Light"
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2013: "Discover Life"
Remixes
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2007: Kevin Tandarsen – "Moria"
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2008: Cyberpunkers – "Is Alternative"
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2008: Missy Jay – "Nobody's Perfect"
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2009: Disco Bitch – "C'est Beau La Bourgeoisie (Kevin Tandarsen & Uppermost Remix)"
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2009: Greenpower featuring Ely Morelli – "What Is Love?"
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2009: Nina Martine – "Kick It"
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2009: OniMe – "Close Your Eyes"
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2010: Swen Weber & Jewelz – "Memory"
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2010: Spencer & Hill – "303"
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2010: Sebastien Szade & Eddine.B – "Pyramid of Kheops"
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2010: deadmau5 – "Complications" unreleased
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2010: Jesus Luz – "Around the World"
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2010: deadmau5 – "Jaded"
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2010: Squeeeze! – "Doop"
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2010: Felguk – "Side by Side"
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2010: Daft Punk – "Technologic"
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2010: Rene Rodrigezz featuring Sivana Reese – "More & More"
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2010: Syl Johnson – "I'm Talking About Freedom"
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2010: Jonathan Coulton – "Still Alive"
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2010: Burial – "Archangel"
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2010: Fatboy Slim – "Star 69" unreleased
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2011: OniMe – "Elsewhere"
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2011: Crystal Castles – "Vietnam"
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2011: Keane – "He Used To Be a Lovely Boy"
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2011: Burial – "Forgive" & "Street Halo"
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2011: Dada Life – "Happy Violence"
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2012: Sebastien Benett – "Slap"
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2012: Lemaitre – "Appreciate"
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2013: Futurecop! featuring Cavaliers of Fun – "Atlantis 1997"
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2013: Camo & Krooked featuring Ian Shaw – "Move Around"
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2014: Daft Punk – "Face to Face"
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2014: Röyksopp – "Poor Leno"
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2015: Phoenix – "Bourgeois"
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2015: Adele – "Hello"
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2015: Modjo – "Lady"
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2015: Christine and The Queens – "Saint Claude"
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2016: Olga Kouklaki – "Oxytocin"
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2016: Rihanna – "Work"
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2016: Halsey – "Haunting"
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2017: Flyboy featuring Radiochaser – "Run Away with Me"
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2017: Xavier Boyer – "Stockholm Syndrome"
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2018: SKYGGE feat. The Pirouettes – "One Note Samba"
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2018: SACRE – "Forever Young"
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2019: Uppermost – "Pure" with
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2019: The Midnight – "Shadows"
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2020: Midnight Kids featuring Lisa Goe – "Break Away"
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2020: Gareth Emery – "Way to You"
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2021: Alex Bone feat. Nile Rodgers - "In Dream"
