| Uppermost | |
| Birth Name: | Behdad Nejatbakhshe |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 1989 |
| Alias: | Uppermost, Downed, Alonely |
| Origin: | Paris, France |
| Genre: | Electro house, electroclash, progressive house, experimental, French house |
| Occupation: | DJ, producer |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
| Label: | Uppwind Records, Bazooka Records,[1] Zimbalam |
| Associated Acts: | Yoann Feynman, Antillas |
Behdad Nejatbakhshe (born February 19, 1989), better known by his stage name Uppermost, is a French electronic music producer and DJ based in Paris.
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.
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, P2P...). 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".[7]
On 3 November 2023, P2P EXTENDED was released, including the 7 previously unreleased tracks.
He cites Burial and Daft Punk as some of his greatest influences.[8] [9] [10]
| Year | Album details |
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| 2011 | Action[11]
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Polis[12]
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| 2012 | One[13]
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Control[14]
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| 2013 | Revolution[15]
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| 2014 | Evolution[16]
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| 2017 | Origins (2011-2016)[17]
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| 2018 | Perseverance[18]
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Given by Nature[19]
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| 2021 | Painted Stories[20]
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Digital Realism[21]
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| 2023 | P2P[22]
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P2P EXTENDED[23]
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| Title | Year | Album | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "We Rock" | 2009 | rowspan="26" | |
| "Equivocal" | |||
| "So the Answer Is" | |||
| "Mirage" | |||
| "Somebody" | |||
| "Give It Some Punch" | |||
| "Sound Box" | |||
| "Cake Shop Is Dope" | |||
| "Hit" | |||
| "Clipped" | 2010 | ||
| "Rox Sox" | |||
| "Technical Lies" | |||
| "Take a Blow" | |||
| "Funky" | |||
| "Life Is a Fight" | 2012 | ||
| "Hidden Poetry" | 2013 | ||
| "Disco Kids" | 2015 | New Moon EP | |
| "Hold Me Up" | 2016 | Impact EP | |
| "Watch You Blaze" | |||
| "Impact" | |||
| "Hope" | Origins (2011-2016) | ||
| "Stay in Love" | |||
| "Dance" | One | ||
| "Constellation" | Origins (2011-2016) | ||
| "Emotion" | 2017 | ||
| "Alive" | |||
| "Beautiful Light" | Previously featured in Control (2012) | ||
| "Retro Digital" | rowspan="15" | ||
| "Make a Change" | Perseverance | ||
| "Step by Step" | |||
| "Slide" | 2018 | ||
| "Atoms" | |||
| "Better Days Ahead" | |||
| "Perseverance" | |||
| "Given by Nature" | Given by Nature | ||
| "Starslide" | |||
| "Echoes of Mystery" | |||
| "Open Hearts" | 2019 | rowspan="14" | |
| "Days and Nights" | |||
| "Overcome" | |||
| "Forever Present" | |||
| "Pure" | |||
| "23rd Street" | Rework of "23rd Street", a previously unreleased track[25] | ||
| "True" | Rework of "True", previously featured in Control (2012)[26] | ||
| "Inner Peace" | rowspan="3" | ||
| "Selfless" | |||
| "Every Human Is an Artist" | |||
| "Night Walk" | Rework of "Night Walk", released as a single in 2014[27] | ||
| "Fire Starter" | 2020 | rowspan="8" | |
| "Creative Infinity" | |||
| "When the Birds Start Singing" | |||
| "United in Hearts" | Painted Stories | ||
| "Fireflies" | |||
| "Iris" | rowspan="1" | ||
| "The City 2" | Painted Stories | ||
| "They Call Us Dreamers" | |||
| "Shatter" | Rework of "Shatter", a previously unreleased track[28] | ||
| "Willpower" | Rework of "Willpower", a previously unreleased track[29] | ||
| "Everlasting" | rowspan="2" | ||
| "Endure" | |||
| "Don't Forget the Sun" | Rework of "Don't Forget the Sun", released as a single in 2013[30] | ||
| "After Hours" | rowspan="4" | ||
| "Deep Space" | rowspan="1" | ||
| "Missing Link" | Painted Stories | ||
| "Get Warm" | |||
| "Overnight" | Rework of "Overnight", released as a single in 2012[31] | ||
| "Discover Life" | 2021 | Rework of "Discover Life", released as a single in 2013[32] | |
| "Warm Winter" | Digital Realism | rowspan="26" | |
| "Ascent" | |||
| "Cristal" | |||
| "1000" | |||
| "Emerald" | |||
| "Raw Jewels" | |||
| "Sapphire" | |||
| "ODC" | |||
| "Fast Forward" | |||
| "Sanctuary Tree" | |||
| "Morning Dew" | |||
| "Rainy Nights Magic" | |||
| "Now or Never" | |||
| "New Dawn" | |||
| "Someday" | |||
| "Beginnings" | |||
| "Example" [33] | Electromag (compilation)[34] | ||
| "LAE" | Digital Realism | ||
| "Supernova" | |||
| "Journey" | |||
| "Heaven" | |||
| "Upflow" | |||
| "Illusion" | |||
| "Glider" | |||
| "BSO" | |||
| "Feeling" |