Behdad Nejatbakhshe, better known by his stage name Uppermost, is a French

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producer and multi-instrumentalist based in

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Career

Uppermost started producing music using

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at the age of 17. His music has been released by

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, BugEyed Records, Starlight Records, and his own label, Uppwind. His song "Equivocal" reached 3rd place in the

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electro-house chart in 2009 and in 2011 his ''Biscuit Factory EP'' ranked 1st on the JunoDownload electro-house chart. Uppermost has remixed

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, Congorock, Gregor Tresher, Cyberpunkers, OniMe,

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, Spencer & Hill and

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. He has been playlisted by artists such as

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and

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and remixed by the popular Swedish dance duo

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. 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

and

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on 28 November. On 19 December 2011, he released his second album, ''Polis'', for free on his Uppwind

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, 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

and

as some of his greatest influences.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

* Daily Clouds EP (2008) * Funk EP (2008) * Uncontrollable EP (with

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) (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

Samples

*2012: Flow *2012: Passion *2012: True *2012: Independent *2012: Beautiful Light *2013: Discover Life

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:

– Complications nreleased*2010:

– Around the World *2010:

– Jaded *2010: Squeeeze! – Doop *2010:

– Side By Side *2010:

– Technologic *2010: Rene Rodrigezz featuring Sivana Reese – More & More *2010: Syl Johnson – I'm Talking About Freedom *2010:

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– Still Alive *2010:

– Archangel *2010: Fatboy Slim – Star 69 nreleased*2011: OniMe – Elsewhere *2011:

– Vietnam *2011: Keane – He Used To Be a Lovely Boy *2011:

– Forgive & Street Halo *2011:

– Happy Violence *2012: Sebastien Benett – Slap *2012: Lemaitre – Appreciate *2013:

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featuring Cavaliers of Fun – Atlantis 1997 *2013:

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featuring Ian Shaw – Move Around *2014:

– Face to Face *2014:

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– Poor Leno *2015:

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– Bourgeois *2015:

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*2015:

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– Saint Claude *2016: Olga Kouklaki – Oxytocin *2016:

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*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 ith Popiche*2019:

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– Shadows *2020: Midnight Kids featuring Lisa Goe – Break Away *2020:

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– Way To You *2021: Alex Bone feat.

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References

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