# Uppermost

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, 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".
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

| Year | Album details |
| 2011 | Action Released: 19 September 2011 (CD), 28 November 2011 (Download) Label: Uppwind/Zimbalam Formats: CD, digital download |
| 2011 | Polis Released: 19 December 2011 Label: Uppwind Formats: Free digital download |
| 2012 | One Released: 10 September 2012 Label: Uppwind Formats: CD, digital download |
| 2012 | Control Released: 17 December 2012 Label: Uppwind Formats: Free digital download |
| 2013 | Revolution Released: 10 June 2013 Label: Uppwind Formats: CD, digital download |
| 2014 | Evolution Released: 14 April 2014 Label: Uppwind Formats: CD, digital download |
| 2017 | Origins (2011-2016) Released: 10 February 2017 Label: Uppwind Format: LP, CD, digital download |
| 2018 | Perseverance Released: 23 March 2018 Label: Uppwind Format: LP, CD, digital download |
| 2018 | Given by Nature Released: 7 September 2018 Label: Uppwind Format: LP, CD, digital download |
| 2021 | Painted Stories Released: 12 February 2021 Label: Uppwind Formats: LP, CD, digital download |
| 2021 | Digital Realism Released: 26 December 2021 Label: Uppwind Formats: CD, digital download |
| 2023 | P2P Released: 15 September 2023 Label: Uppwind Formats: LP, CD, free digital download |
| 2023 | P2P EXTENDED Released: 3 November 2023 Label: Uppwind Formats: LP, CD, free digital download |

### Compilation albums

| Year | Album details |
| 2019 | Uppwind on Air, Vol.1 Released: 8 March 2019 Formats: CD, digital download |

### 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

| Title | Year | Album | Additional Notes |
| "We Rock" | 2009 | Non-album single | None |
| "Equivocal" | 2009 | Non-album single | None |
| "So the Answer Is" | 2009 | Non-album single | None |
| "Mirage" | 2009 | Non-album single | None |
| "Somebody" (vs. Antillas) | 2009 | Non-album single | None |
| "Give It Some Punch" | 2009 | Non-album single | None |
| "Sound Box" | 2009 | Non-album single | None |
| "Cake Shop Is Dope" | 2009 | Non-album single | None |
| "Hit" | 2009 | Non-album single | None |
| "Clipped" | 2010 | Non-album single | None |
| "Rox Sox" | 2010 | Non-album single | None |
| "Technical Lies" | 2010 | Non-album single | None |
| "Take a Blow" | 2010 | Non-album single | None |
| "Funky" | 2010 | Non-album single | None |
| "Life Is a Fight" | 2012 | Non-album single | None |
| "Hidden Poetry" | 2013 | Non-album single | None |
| "Disco Kids" | 2015 | New Moon EP | None |
| "Hold Me Up" (featuring Vita Schmidt) | 2016 | Impact EP | None |
| "Watch You Blaze" (featuring Dutch Party) | 2016 | Impact EP | None |
| "Impact" | 2016 | Impact EP | None |
| "Hope" | 2016 | Origins (2011-2016) | None |
| "Stay in Love" (featuring Ofelia) | 2016 | Origins (2011-2016) | None |
| "Dance" | 2016 | One | None |
| "Constellation" | 2016 | Origins (2011-2016) | None |
| "Emotion" | 2017 | Origins (2011-2016) | None |
| "Alive" | 2017 | Origins (2011-2016) | None |
| "Beautiful Light" | 2017 | Origins (2011-2016) | Previously featured in Control (2012) |
| "Retro Digital" | 2017 | Non-album single | None |
| "Make a Change" | 2017 | Perseverance | None |
| "Step by Step" (featuring Sora) | 2017 | Perseverance | None |
| "Slide" (featuring Yudimah) | 2018 | Perseverance | None |
| "Atoms" (featuring Birsen) | 2018 | Perseverance | None |
| "Better Days Ahead" | 2018 | Perseverance | None |
| "Perseverance" (featuring Harry Pane) | 2018 | Perseverance | None |
| "Given by Nature" | 2018 | Given by Nature | None |
| "Starslide" | 2018 | Given by Nature | None |
| "Echoes of Mystery" | 2018 | Given by Nature | None |
| "Open Hearts" | 2019 | Non-album single | None |
| "Days and Nights" (featuring Jack Lena) | 2019 | Non-album single | None |
| "Overcome" | 2019 | Non-album single | None |
| "Forever Present" | 2019 | Non-album single | None |
| "Pure" (with Juani) | 2019 | Non-album single | None |
| "23rd Street" | 2019 | Non-album single | Rework of "23rd Street", a previously unreleased track |
| "True" | 2019 | Non-album single | Rework of "True", previously featured in Control (2012) |
| "Inner Peace" | 2019 | Non-album single | None |
| "Selfless" | 2019 | Non-album single | None |
| "Every Human Is an Artist" | 2019 | Non-album single | None |
| "Night Walk" | 2019 | Non-album single | Rework of "Night Walk", released as a single in 2014 |
| "Fire Starter" | 2020 | Non-album single | None |
| "Creative Infinity" | 2020 | Non-album single | None |
| "When the Birds Start Singing" | 2020 | Non-album single | None |
| "United in Hearts" | 2020 | Painted Stories | None |
| "Fireflies" | 2020 | Painted Stories | None |
| "Iris" (with Fuji) | 2020 | Non-album single | None |
| "The City 2" | 2020 | Painted Stories | None |
| "They Call Us Dreamers" | 2020 | Painted Stories | None |
| "Shatter" | 2020 | Painted Stories | Rework of "Shatter", a previously unreleased track |
| "Willpower" | 2020 | Painted Stories | Rework of "Willpower", a previously unreleased track |
| "Everlasting" | 2020 | Painted Stories | None |
| "Endure" | 2020 | Painted Stories | None |
| "Don't Forget the Sun" | 2020 | Painted Stories | Rework of "Don't Forget the Sun", released as a single in 2013 |
| "After Hours" | 2020 | Painted Stories | None |
| "Deep Space" (with Fuji) | 2020 | Non-album single | None |
| "Missing Link" | 2020 | Painted Stories | None |
| "Get Warm" | 2020 | Painted Stories | None |
| "Overnight" | 2020 | Painted Stories | Rework of "Overnight", released as a single in 2012 |
| "Discover Life" | 2021 | Painted Stories | Rework of "Discover Life", released as a single in 2013 |
| "Warm Winter" (with OBu) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Ascent" (with OBu) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Cristal" (with Fuji) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "1000" (with Fuji) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Emerald" (with Fuji) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Raw Jewels" (with Fuji) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Sapphire" (with Fuji) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "ODC" (with Medium Douce) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Fast Forward" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Sanctuary Tree" (with Ambyion) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Morning Dew" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Rainy Nights Magic" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Now or Never" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "New Dawn" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Someday" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Beginnings" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Example" (with No Mana) | 2021 | Electromag (compilation) | None |
| "LAE" (with FA) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Supernova" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Journey" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Heaven" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Upflow" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Illusion" | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Glider" (with Fuji and OBu) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "BSO" (with Fuji and OBu) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |
| "Feeling" (with Mesita) | 2021 | Digital Realism | None |

### Samples

* 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: "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: "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")

### 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"
* 2021: Alex Bone feat. Nile Rodgers - "In Dream"