Nervo (band)
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'The Nervo Twins or Nervo are Australian twin sisters, Miriam and Olivia Nervo, who work as fashion models, musicians and songwriters from Australia.

Background and early career

Miriam and Olivia began their careers as models in Melbourne, Australia with the Chadwick Models Agency. They were also Ambassadors to the L'Oreal
L'Oréal
The L'Oréal Group is the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company. With its registered office in Paris and head office in the Paris suburb of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France, it has developed activities in the field of cosmetics...

 Fashion Festival. By the age of 16 the duo had made a name for themselves on the modelling scene but then they decided to pursue music. They were accepted into the Opera Australia
Opera Australia
Opera Australia is the principal opera company in Australia. Based in Sydney, its performance season at the Sydney Opera House runs for approximately eight months of the year, with the remainder of its time spent in the The Arts Centre in Melbourne...

 academy but decided instead to opt for a more pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 focused career. Then at the age of 18 a Melbourne-based music producer asked the twins to sing some of his demo songs. They subsequently signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing is a music publishing company co-owned by The Michael Jackson Family Trust and Sony. The organisation was originally founded as Associated TeleVision in 1955 by Lew Grade. In 1957, ATV acquired Pye Records as a wholly owned subsidiary...

 and embarked on a successful songwriting career.

The sisters began receiving recognition when they wrote "Negotiate with Love
Negotiate with Love
"Negotiate With Love" is the lead single taken from Rachel Stevens' second album, Come and Get it. The track was written by Anders Wollbeck, Mattias Lindblom, Miriam Nervo, and Olivia Nervo aka The Nervo Twins...

" for British pop singer, Rachel Stevens
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005...

, which reached number ten in 2006. Since then the duo has gone on to write for various artists from around the world including Kesha
Kesha
Kesha village is a small village nestled in the mountains of Yongshun County, northwestern Hunan province, China, located at latitude 29 05' 50", longitude 109 57' 9". The name is pronounced in Standard Chinese. The official language is Manderin Chinese....

, Richard Grey
Richard Grey
Sir Richard Grey was an English knight and the half-brother of King Edward V of England.Grey was the younger son of Sir John Grey of Groby and Elizabeth Woodville, later Queen Consort of King Edward IV...

, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s...

, Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...

 and even the Pussycat Dolls
Pussycat Dolls
The Pussycat Dolls are an American pop girl group and dance ensemble based in Los Angeles; currently consisting of Lauren Bennett, Vanessa Curry, Kristal "Lyndriette" Smith, Tiffany "Taz" Zavala, Kia Hampton and Paula Van Oppen. The Pussycat Dolls were founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995...

. However the group are perhaps best known for co-writing David Guetta
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...

 & Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland
Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child...

's number one dance hit, "When Love Takes Over
When Love Takes Over
"When Love Takes Over" is a song by French disc jockey -music producer David Guetta from his fourth studio album, One Love. It was released as the lead single from the album on 21 April 2009 by Virgin Records...

" which would go on to win a Grammy as well as top numerous charts around the world.

2010

In 2010, Nervo played at WMC on the Ultra Main Stage during the Winter Music Conference
Winter Music Conference
The Winter Music Conference is a weeklong electronic music conference, held every March since the mid-1980s in Miami, Florida, United States. Venues are hosted primarily in Downtown Miami and Miami's South Beach...

. In March 2010, NERVO announced a worldwide recording deal with Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

/EMI Music, which includes a joint venture to release new artists they discover and produce. They are represented by William Morris Endeavor for their own DJing activities worldwide. A month later Nervo released their club single "This Kind Of Love" through their independent UK-based, dance record label Loaded Records
Loaded Records
Loaded Records was a UK dance record label formed in 1990 by Tim Jeffery and JC Reid. It launched artists like Pizzaman, Slacker, and Wildchild. More recently it released albums by Super_Collider and singles by Annie and Holden & Thompson...

. It went number one on the world club charts, number two on the music week club charts and number six on the music week pop charts.

In June 2010, Allison Iraheta
Allison Iraheta
Allison Iraheta is an American singer from Los Angeles, California, who was the fourth place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, Iraheta won the Telemundo competition Quinceañera: Mamá Quiero Ser Artista. Following the conclusion of Idol, Iraheta was signed to a record...

 released "Don't Waste the Pretty
Don't Waste the Pretty
"Don't Waste the Pretty" is the third single by Allison Iraheta of her debut album Just Like You. It was written by Michael Dennis Smith, Stefanie Ridel, Miriam Nervo and Olivia Nervo and was produced by Howard Benson. The single version of the song, featuring Orianthi on guitar, made its online...

, a single co-written by NERVO. It was well received by a reviewer from Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

magazine, who wrote "Don't Waste the Pretty deserves to become for Iraheta what 'Whataya Want From Me' was for Adam Lambert -- a breakthrough record for an 'Idol' alum with outsize talent." Also this year NERVO worked on records for Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

's eleventh Aphrodite
Aphrodite (album)
Aphrodite is the eleventh studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It was her first studio album in the three years following her 2007 release X. Aphrodite was released worldwide in July 2010, and was preceded by the release of the lead single, "All the Lovers"...

, Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...

, Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Ann Cole is an English pop and R&B recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actress and model. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals on ITV. The programme announced that Cole had won a place as a member of the girl group, Girls...

, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s...

, Armin Van Buuren and for Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland
Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child...

's self-titled
Kelly Rowland (album)
Here I Am is the third studio album by American recording artist Kelly Rowland, released through Universal Motown from July 22, 2011. The ten-song set is Rowland's first album since parting ways with Matthew Knowles as her manager and leaving long time label Columbia Records...

, third studio album.

They also released the single "Irresistible" on Positiva/Armada, which reached number 1 on the UK Club Chart. Reviews were very strong, with You Trance Me saying of the release - "What more could any dance lover wish for"

2011

In June NERVO went on tour opening for Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...

 on her sixth concert tour, the Femme Fatale Tour
Femme Fatale Tour
The Femme Fatale Tour is the seventh concert tour by American singer Britney Spears, in support of her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale. It was officially announced in March 2011, with dates for North American venues revealed. The tour was initially planned as a co-headlining tour with Enrique...

, along with Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj
Onika Tanya Maraj , better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj; ), is a Trinidadian-born American recording artist...

 and Jessie and the Toy Boys
Jessie Malakouti
Jessica Eden Malakouti, professionally known as Jessie Malakouti, is an American singer-songwriter, actress and dancer. She is currently a member of Jessie and the Toy Boys and is signed to Prospect Park.-Biography:...

.. They then hit the iD festival tour . Their sets received numerous rave reviews, including one from Dancing Astronaught who said that NERVO are "awesome". They also launched a Las Vegas DJ residency with The Wynn Las Vegas
Wynn Las Vegas
Wynn Las Vegas is a resort and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The US $2.7 billion resort is named after casino developer Steve Wynn and is the flagship property of Wynn Resorts Limited. The resort covers . It is located on Las Vegas Boulevard and Sands Avenue Wynn Las...



In July, after DJing at Belgium's Tomorrowland (festival)
Tomorrowland (festival)
Tomorrowland is a Belgian outdoor dancing event organised every year in the Flemish town of Boom since 2005. The first names that showed up were Push , Armin Van Buuren, Cor Fijneman, Yves Deruyter, Technoboy and Coone in that year....

, they wrote a track with Afrojack
Afrojack
Nick van de Wall, born 9 September 1987, commonly known by his stage name Afrojack, is a Grammy Award winning Dutch music producer and DJ. Born and raised in Spijkenisse, Netherlands, He was listed as number 7 on DJ Mags top 100 DJs of 2011...

, Like Mike & Dimitri Vegas - The Way We See The World (Tomorrowland Anthem), which hit number 1 in the Beatport Electro House chart. They followed this with 'We're All No One' feat. Afrojack
Afrojack
Nick van de Wall, born 9 September 1987, commonly known by his stage name Afrojack, is a Grammy Award winning Dutch music producer and DJ. Born and raised in Spijkenisse, Netherlands, He was listed as number 7 on DJ Mags top 100 DJs of 2011...

 & Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki is an American electro house musician, record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records.-Early life:...

,

In August, NERVO signed with Wilhelmina Models
Wilhelmina Models
Wilhelmina Models is a modeling agency founded in 1967 by the model Wilhelmina Cooper and her husband Bruce Cooper in Manhattan Starting in 2010, Wilhelmina Models started a sub-brand called "Digital Empire Modeling" for new digital-era modeling talents....

, one of the most prominent agencies in the fashion industry worldwide.

In September they DJ'd twice at Pacha (Pacha Group) in Ibiza, at 2 of the islands biggest club nights - David Guetta
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...

's Fuck Me I'm Famous
Fuck Me I'm Famous
Fuck Me I'm Famous is a series of compilation electronic dance music albums by the French DJ David Guetta. Distributed by Universal Music Group under exclusive license from Ministry of Sound Australia, the first album in the series was released in 2003....

, and then the closing party of Pete Tong
Pete Tong
Peter "Pete" Tong is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is known worldwide by fans of electronic music for hosting programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records, and for...

s All Gone Pete Tong.. They were also featured in Pacha magazine

As songwriters, they wrote the track "Night of Your Life (David Guetta song)
Night of Your Life (David Guetta song)
"Night of Your Life" is a song by French disc jockey -music producer David Guetta, featuring additional vocals from American R&B recording artist Jennifer Hudson. Taken from the former's fifth studio album, Nothing but the Beat , the song was written by Cristyle Johnson, Anthony Preston, Guetta and...

" on David Guetta's new album "Nothing but the Beat
Nothing but the Beat
Nothing but the Beat is the fifth studio album by French DJ and record producer David Guetta. The album was released on August 26, 2011 through Virgin Records . Released as a double album, the first disc features collaborations with artists from the R&B, hip hop and pop world such as Lil Wayne,...

". Reviews were very favourable, with Popcrush saying "The song is pop music to our ears with its infectious beat and clapping snares that should cause instant butt shaking on the dance floor" and that its "an adrenaline-fueled joint that should put him and Hudson on the top of the dance charts. Bravo!"

And in Sweden they had an iTunes number one with the track they wrote, vocally produced and arranged for Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Emilia Carlsson, also known mononymously as Agnes , is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series...

 called "Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Agnes song)
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Agnes song)
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a song by Swedish recording artist Agnes from her upcoming fourth studio album. It was released as the album's lead single on September 21, 2011...

"

Recently, it has been revealed that Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

 has expressed a great interest in recording one of NERVOs songs for her new album

NERVO recently wrote the new single for Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....

, titled Try With Me, due for release in the US later this year.

Discography

NERVO feat Afrojack
Afrojack
Nick van de Wall, born 9 September 1987, commonly known by his stage name Afrojack, is a Grammy Award winning Dutch music producer and DJ. Born and raised in Spijkenisse, Netherlands, He was listed as number 7 on DJ Mags top 100 DJs of 2011...

 & Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki is an American electro house musician, record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records.-Early life:...

We're All No One 2011 Astralwerks
Afrojack
Afrojack
Nick van de Wall, born 9 September 1987, commonly known by his stage name Afrojack, is a Grammy Award winning Dutch music producer and DJ. Born and raised in Spijkenisse, Netherlands, He was listed as number 7 on DJ Mags top 100 DJs of 2011...

, Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike & NERVO
The Way We See The World (Tomorrowland Anthem) 2011 Wall Recordings/Spinnin
NERVO Irresistible 2010 Positiva / Armada
NERVO This Kind Of Love 2010 Loaded / OneLove
Armin van Buuren (feat. Laura V "Drowning" 2010 Armada Music
Armin van Buuren (feat. Nadia Ali
Nadia Ali
Nadia Ali is a Pakistani-American singer-songwriter, born in Libya and raised in Queens, New York. She gained attention as the frontwoman and songwriter of the band iiO, after their 2001 hit "Rapture" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also charted across several countries in Europe...

"Feels so Good" 2010 Armada Music
Armin van Buuren & Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s...

"Not Giving Up on Love" 2010 Armada Music/Universal
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

"Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)" 2010 Parlophone
The Pussycat Dolls "If I Was A Man" 2008 Interscope
David Guetta
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...

 (feat. Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland
Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child...

)
"When Love Takes Over" 2009 Virgin/EMI
David Guetta (feat. Kelly Rowland) "It's The Way You Love Me" 2009 Virgin/EMI
David Guetta (feat. Kelly Rowland) "Slow" 2009 SonyBMG
Richard Grey "Massive" 2009 Pascha/MOS
Jolin "Mr Q" 2006 Capitol Records
Jolin "Dancing Diva" 2006 Capitol Records
Rainie Young (yang) "More Than Friends" aka 乖不乖 Guai Bu Guai (Obedient Or Not) 2005 SonyBMG
Ai-LingDai "Blood On the Dancefloor" 2008 SonyBMG
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...

"Let’s Get Crazy" 2008 Disney/Universal
Hitomi
Hitomi
better known by her stagename , is a Japanese singer and songwriter. She began her career as model, and after meeting Tetsuya Komuro he began managing her career as a pop singer...

"4 Minutes" 2008 Avex Records
Hitomi "Love Me Crazy" 2009 Avex Records
Hitomi "I Dump You back" 2009 Avex Records
Hitomi "Just Watch Me" (Japanese title "Fight for Your Run") 2009 Avex Records
Kana Nishino
Kana Nishino
is a J-Pop singer and lyricist signed with SME Records' Newcome Inc. She debuted on February 20, 2008, with the single "I". CNN said that she was the favorite singer of teenage girls in Shibuya, Tokyo.- Life and career :...

"I Don’t Wanna Know" (Japanese title "I") 2008 SME Records
Kana Nishino "Heya" (Japanese title "Hey Boy") 2010 SME Records
Kana Nishino "Let It Roll" 2008 SME Records
Kana Nishino "Quick Fix Of Love" 2008 SME Records
Kana Nishino "In Stereo" 2008 SME Records
Kesha
Kesha
Kesha village is a small village nestled in the mountains of Yongshun County, northwestern Hunan province, China, located at latitude 29 05' 50", longitude 109 57' 9". The name is pronounced in Standard Chinese. The official language is Manderin Chinese....

"Fuck Him (He's a DJ)" 2009 RCA Records/Sony Music
Kesha "VIP" 2009 RCA Records/Sony Music
Kesha "Boots & Boys" 2009 RCA Records/Sony Music
Kesha "American Fool" 2009 RCA Records/Sony Music
Kesha "Radio Radio Radio" 2009 RCA Records/Sony Music
Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....

"Try With Me" 2011 Interscope Records
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005...

"Negotiate with Love
Negotiate with Love
"Negotiate With Love" is the lead single taken from Rachel Stevens' second album, Come and Get it. The track was written by Anders Wollbeck, Mattias Lindblom, Miriam Nervo, and Olivia Nervo aka The Nervo Twins...

"
2005 Universal Music/Polydor Records
Pixie Lott
Pixie Lott
Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It...

"You’re My Everything" 2009 Warner

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