It takes genius to bridge generational gaps between musical
genres. In this instance, we have the sounds of the early mid
80's and early 90's electronica, industrial techno / acidhouse
dance / trance underground, scenes born in Chicago. That
divergent crossover scene—also influenced by hip hop, trip hop,
and rap—ushered in rave with bands including Psychic TV, DJ
Collectives Phuture, and later; 808 State, Orb, Orbital, Aphex
Twin, Basement Jaxx, Prodigy and more. In the newer generation,
we had as these forebearers' offspring—the modern dance rave
scene with artists including Samantha Ronson, the late DJ AM, and
now Skrillex, Deadmau5, and the more mainstream Steve Aoki, and
David Guetta among others.
And now, the smoking hot dance duo 'Liv and Mim' bring the
generations together, bringing masterful music and mixes to the
masses with old school roots, and hot young vibes that pulse
power across the airwaves and Marshall stacks blasting banging
beats from continent to continent and shore to shore.
Liv and Mim have got it going on, and together their fierce power
activates the world that is NERVO, and they are truly amazing!
Tearing up the Australian dance scene there in the land down
under, these girls break barriers as not only a pair of the
hottest female DJ's and producers ever—in more ways than one !
—but also, as great singers throwing down goddess like grooves
on top of their tracks made for other superstar artists including
Ke$ha (they co-wrote the cut 'VIP' and 'Boots and Boys'), David
Guetta (they wrote and produced vocals on four tracks of his
three time Grammy Nominated Album 'When Love Takes Over'), and
they co-wrote the track with David Guetta
'Night Of Your Life' featuring
Jennifer Hudson. Also; Pussycat Dolls (they co-wrote 'If I Was a
Man'), and Hanna Montana (they co-wrote Miley Cyrus'
"Let's Get Crazy," the
theme song to Hannah Montana: The Movie), Kelly Rowland,
Deadmau5, Kaskade, and more. And now, the girls are also rocking
it for themselves.
After getting snatched up by EMI Records / Astrelworks, they
created their own imprint where they also—upon the labels'
asking—discover and sign other new talent with Nervo Records.
"We've had great training working with other
artists," says Liv Nervo. "We love finding talent, figuring out
what that artist stands for, and nurturing their creativity." Mim
adds, "Music and club culture is what turns us on so we want to
be at the forefront of that by finding artists and bringing out
their best with Nervo Records. We are attracted to challenging,
club-friendly sounds fused with pop—it's really our trademark, so
we're excited to bring our own take on it to
the public."
Born in Melbourne, Australia, sisters Mim and Liv Nervo moved to
London as teenagers where the former models spent several years
immersing themselves in the British capital's
cutting-edge club culture, absorbing the dancefloor sounds of
such inspirations as Daft Punk, Justice, AIR, Basement Jaxx, The
Chemical Brothers, and a host of underground producers, while
sharpening their songwriting, production, and DJ skills. Those
influences come in to play as NERVO stepped out from behind the
scenes and become amazing artists in their own
right—creating a crunching, hot mix of
electronic and pop music that melds mainstream mod with sexy
underground.
Liv states, "After so many years writing for and producing tracks
for other artists, we are thrilled to be releasing our own
material that truly represents who we are." And Mim agrees, "Our
own stuff tends to be a bit more tongue-in-cheek and even
risqué. When we're in the studio,
we get the chance to be artistically free and
that's really satisfying," she states. "With
our own songs, there are no creative boundaries. We can do
whatever we want with the music and lyrics, which is really
exciting."
Nervo launched their first monthly DJ Mix Show—NERVO NATION—on
Surius XM last
year to rave reviews. The now super highly sought after DJs have
appearing at Lollapalooza, Winter Music Conference, Ultra, IMS in
Ibiza, Tomorrowland, and Summerdayze. NERVO also spent most of
last summer opening for Nicki Minaj and Britney Spears on their
massive Femme Fatale arena tour while simultaneously playing late
night gigs in clubs and jetting to Vegas for their monthly
residency with the Wynn Hotel Group. They then wrapped gigs on
the Identity tour.
And, they recently celebrated their first Beatport Number 1 song
(plus rocking other charts) with the official Tomorrowland
Festival anthem—The Way We See The
World—which they co-wrote and co-produced with
Afrojack, Dimitri Vegas, and Like Mike). The song is amazing and
you can hear it and see the video for it here below. NERVO have
also worked with a massive and continuing growing list of
collaborators that include Avicii, Armin van Buuren, Afrojack,
Kaskade, Laidback Luke, Steve Aoki, LMFAO, Dadalife and John
Dahlback. Whew! If all that sounds amazing
it's because it is. THIS is Nervo.