French electronic artist and producer Uppermost has been busy preparing for the release of his new album Origins (2011-2016) coming February 2017. In anticipation, he has already released two brand new tracks - "Thousand Colors" and "Constellation". Today, he releases a never-before-seen live video of his cult single "Reminder" and announces his career-defining track "Beautiful Light" will be available as an immediate download with album pre-order.
Paris's Uppermost Shares Live Video
For Cult Hit Single "Reminder"
"Beautiful Light" Now Available As Instant Download
with Pre-Order of Album
ORIGINS (2011 - 2016) LP Out 2/10 on UPPWIND
Watch / Listen / Share "Reminder" Live Video + "Beautiful Light"
In-line with the important conversation that's taking place currently in the electronic music scene about live performance, the video gives viewers some insight into the various instruments and technologies that are part of making some of our favorite jams come to life.
Uppermost says of the video:
"The live video was shot in the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, located in Paris-Le Bourget airport - a beautiful and inspiring place for space lovers like myself. The guitar player is
Mathias Di Gusto. I really love his instinctive creativity when it comes to efficient funky riffs. He's also the player of famous french rapper Maitre Gims, playing on France's biggest stages such as Paris Bercy. The bass player is Klem Aubert, a very talented slap bass monster and member of the awesome band Minuit.
The idea of a live performance grew in my mind after I started to feel constrained by the limitations I'd meet in my DJ sets. I wanted to be able to change the structure of my tracks on the fly, to create a beautiful interaction between every part in my mix.
So I've decided to build the live performance in a way that I can rearrange my tracks live but most importantly sample, loop and apply effects on what the guitar and bass players are doing at any moment. It took a lot of time to build the right workflow, and a lot of repetitions with the players in order to set up specific effects racks on each instruments according to which section of the track I trigger on the midi controller. For example, the guitar player instantly knows that whenever I trigger an atmospheric section of the track, his guitar will be going through a huge reverb and delay. The creative possibilities are really endless and that's what makes the performance so exciting!"
The sick track is played using various instruments and controllers, including electronic music tools such as a Behringer BCR-2000 and iRig Keys 37Pro, as well as some more traditional instruments including a Fender Precision bass and a Gibson SG guitar.
"Reminder" will be featured on the new LP along with "Beautiful Light", available as an instant download with pre-order today, and "Mistakes". Combined, these songs have over 30 million streams. Also featured will be Uppermost's recently released singles "Thousand Colors" and "Constellation".
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