New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Independent electronic producer Uppermost shares latest single "Perseverance ft. Harry Pane" (16/03) via Uppwind Records. The title track, lifted from the upcoming album Perseverance scheduled for release on the 23rd March. Recently released singles 'Make A Change', 'Step By Step ft. Sôra', 'Slide ft. Yudimah' and 'Atoms ft. Birsen' saw substantial support from publications such as COMPLEX, PAPER Mag, Magnetic Mag, Paste Mag, FGUK, Tasty Network, Chill Masters, Wobblecraft and KCRW's
Travis Holcombe. Uppermost's previous hit tracks 'Flashback' and 'Beautiful Light' have already generated more than 27 million combined streams, whilst his single 'Disco Kids' was selected to be featured in Mercedes-Benz'
Formula One campaign and his track 'Flashback' was featured on Vivelle Dop's TV. Uppermost has also received significant media attention from numerous tastemaker publications including DJ MAG, Vice, YourEdm and Earmilk, major Youtube channel Mr Suicide Sheep, BBC
Radio 1 and Virgin Radio. In addition to releasing music via his own independent label UPPWIND, Uppermost has released music through major labels such as Sony and Ministry Of Sound and done official remixes for the likes of
Dada Life and Lemaitre as well as sharing the SOLIDAYS stage with Madeon, Yelle, Fakear and Die Antwoord.
Based in Paris, Behdad Nejatbakhshe aka Uppermost crafts each of his compositions with the will to bring instinctive emotion into the spotlight. Raised on Persian musical influences, the emotional side of music inspired his interest in formulating melodies and chords. His recent release of a 23-track career-spanning collection titled Origins (2011-2016) was a showcase of his french-wave touch, liquid disco grooves, and penchant for molten guitar funk.
Citing inspiration from artists such as Daft Punk, Burial, Apparat,
Phoenix and Pogo, Uppermost is able to transform his affinity for these acts into a sound that pays homage to their influence, while at the same time resonating with his own distinctive style, containing crisp production elements akin to similarly like-minded producers such as Moullinex, Star Slinger and
Cyril Hahn.
Uppermost's anticipated upcoming album opener "Perseverance ft Harry Pane" begins with an unnerving pulse, before London songwriter Harry Pane's assertive yet pensive vocal delivery kicks in and sets the atmosphere. Intense basslines and weighted beats drop like jolts of thunder amidst resonant clouds of yearning and glittering showers of melodic synthesizer rain.
On the latest single, Uppermost comments: "There are times when you feel that everything is falling apart in your life, this track is a representation of what it looks like. The pain you go through, but also the faith and willpower you get: every negative impulse is an opportunity to create a positive one."
Perseverance LP Tracklist:
Perseverance (ft. Harry Pane)
The Brightest Light
Slide (ft. Yudimah)
Focus
Step by Step (ft. Sôra)
Make a Change
Atoms (ft. Birsen)
Believe
Better Days Ahead
Healing (ft. Mesita)
Moment of Truth
Late Hours (Antony Left)
Uprising
"The production on 'Atoms' borders on the Balearic, with those analogue synths delivering a cool electronic breeze over the endlessly pulsating rhythms. Birsen adds guest vocals, and the interplay between bubbling electronics and humane delivery fuses into something pretty special." -
CLASH Mag
"If there was any doubt that wavy Persian-Parisian producer Uppermost, AKA Behdad Nejatbakhshe, is continuing the French trajectory of leading the electronic genre, this live production of "
Step By Step" with Sôra should dispel all." - PAPER Mag
"The cheery single has the elements you expect from Uppermost with old-school
Justice electro influences, French touch, some rolling snares in the break and cheery synths building and breaking alongside Sôra's vocals." - Magnetic Mag
"A maximalist exercise in grandiose electronics, "Make A Change" continues the thread of epic sounds continued by those past hits, but this time round he's moved away from house music towards a more hip-hop-inspired sound, though that Parisian cool is still right at the forefront of "Make A Change". - COMPLEX
"Is Uppermost the Next Big Thing in French Electronic Music?" - TOP40-CHARTS.COM
"If you've been a fan of French house in the past five years, you've undoubtedly heard of Uppermost." - YOUR EDM
"This desire to branch out to different styles alludes to the producer's open-mindedness and cultivates a space for creative growth. From wavy deep house beats to the density of future bass blips, Uppermost extends his reach to a range of forward-thinking genres." - EARMILK
