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Nervo (stylised as NERVO) are an Australian DJ duo comprising twin sisters Olivia and Miriam Nervo (born 18 February 1982). After signing with
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at 18 years of age, the sisters pursued careers as songwriting partners. In 2008, they signed with Fredrik Olsson and his Swedish music publishing company Razor Boy Music Publishing, which led to co-writing the
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-winning single, "
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", performed by
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and
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.


Early life

The Nervo twins were born in
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on the night of 18 February 1982. In 2012, the twins told a reporter that they "almost have the same birthday", but in 2021 they said they share a birthday. Olivia was born first.
Olivia Nervo: "...We almost have the same birthday." ''Windy City Times'': "Who was born first?" Olivia Nervo: "I was first."
Their parents were Flaviana Benedetti and Garry Nervo, who had established a dental practice together in 1975 in Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne. The Italian-heritage family included older sister Adele and younger brother Morris. Around 1992 the family moved to
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. The twins studied at
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, a girls school in
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, where they participated in rowing and swimming, but were mainly involved in music. They completed
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and graduated in 1999. The twins began their careers as models with the Australian Chadwick Models Agency.


Career

When the sisters were sixteen, a modeling agency took an interest in the pair, but Liv Nervo stated in April 2012 that music "was always the focus" for them. The sisters were accepted into the
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Academy, but decided to pursue a music career instead. A contract was then signed with Sony/ATV Music Publishing and the duo subsequently embarked on a songwriting career. Initial recognition for the pair occurred following the single " Negotiate with Love", written for British pop singer,
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, which reached tenth position in the United Kingdom (UK) music charts in 2005. Also in 2005, the duo released the single "Boobjob", which received substantial airplay in their native Australia. The duo went on to write for
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,
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,
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and the
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. When their publishing deal was set to expire they considered dropping their songwriting career due to a dissatisfaction with the modest level of success they had experienced while with the major publisher. Instead they were persuaded to give it another chance by signing with Fredrik Olsson (Music Executive) and his Swedish music publishing company Razor Boy Music Publishing in 2008. The move reaped quick rewards when the new publisher arranged a writing session with Kelly Rowland through Universal A&R Max Gousse. The group co-wrote Guetta and Rowland's number one dance hit, "When Love Takes Over" which went on to win a Grammy Award, in addition to reaching the top position on numerous charts around the world. The song was also ranked the No. 1 dance pop collaboration of all time by Billboard. In March 2010, Nervo announced a worldwide recording deal with
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, which included a joint venture to release new artists that Nervo discover and produce. They also served as ambassadors at the L'Oreal Fashion Festival. A month later, Nervo released their club single "This Kind of Love" through their independent UK-based dance record label, Loaded Records. It went number one on the world club charts, number two on the ''
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'' club charts and number six on the ''Music Week'' pop charts. In June 2010,
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released the single " Don't Waste the Pretty", co-written by Nervo. The twins also worked on records for
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's eleventh ''
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'',
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,
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,
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, Armin Van Buuren and for Kelly Rowland's
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, third studio album. They also released the single "Irresistible" on Positiva/Armada, which reached number one on the UK Club Chart. In July, after DJing at Belgium's
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, they wrote a track with
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, "The Way We See The World (Tomorrowland Anthem)" and followed this with "We're All No One" featuring Afrojack and
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which reached number 27 on the UK Dance charts. In August, Nervo signed with modeling agency,
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. They were also featured in ''Pacha magazine''. They wrote the track " Night of Your Life" performed by Jennifer Hudson on David Guetta's new album ''
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''. They wrote, vocally produced and arranged
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's single "
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". The group also wrote
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's single "Try With Me". In 2011, the sisters began hosting a monthly show on Sirius Radio called "Nervonation". The single " You're Gonna Love Again" was leaked in 2011 and reached the No. 1 position on the
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chart. It was officially released in 2012. Nervo began their 2013 music production schedule with " Like Home", with Nicky Romero, followed by the Nervo single " Hold On", which was released to
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on 9 April. The music video for "Hold On" was released on 19 April and uploaded to their
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channel on YouTube. In June 2013, Nervo were featured on the cover of Spanish magazine ''S Moda'' and a feature article that included further posed photographs was published on the magazine's website in May. In July 2013 Nervo wrote
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's single " GO FOR IT". In November they also worked on records for Daichi Miura's fourth "
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", which reached No. 5 on the Japan chart. On 24 February 2015, the twins released a new single titled "It Feels." In March, they also collaborated with
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, Dev and Alisa Ueno for "Hey Ricky". Both "Hey Ricky" and "It Feels" appear on their forthcoming debut artist album ''Collateral'', set for release on 24 July 2015. Also, from ''Collateral'', was " The Other Boys" featuring
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,
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and
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, was a remix single that was released on 23 October 2015. In 2016, the Nervo song "People Grinnin'" served as the foundation for a video produced by eight universities led by the
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. The video was part of an Australian campaign to attract more women to engineering programs. In the video, the Nervo twins are shown as futuristic androids designed by women engineers. In 2017, A3 enlisted Nervo for his remix of
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' "November Rain". In 2018, the duo's collaboration with
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,
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and Alisa Ueno on the former's “ Best Friend” (used in a 2017 television commercial for
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) gave Nervo their first number one on Billboard's
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Chart in its January 20, 2018 issue. In June, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and Nervo teamed up to have their song "Worlds Collide" be the anthem for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL) for men and women. Nervo first performed "Worlds Collide" live in Ottawa, Canada for the Canada vs. USA men's match on June 10. Nervo also performed the song live at the Women's VNL Finals in Nanjing, China and the Men's VNL Finals in Lille, France. In October 2021, Nervo's song "Horizon" was used in a mini art film created within the Las Vegas mega-club Omnia. This mini art film was the first installment of ''One''. ''One'' is a project series with content focused on storytelling, music, dance, and exotic locations, all with a dance music sound and Cirque du Soleil flair.


Film and television

In May 2013, the duo filmed scenes for the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' that included dialogue in addition to their performing DJ roles. The women also appear on Episode 6 of the TV show '' Styled to Rock'' set to air 29 November 2013. They are profiled in the 2020 documentary film '' Underplayed''.Alisha Mughal
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''
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'', September 16, 2020.
In 2023, Mim & Liv were part of '' BePlaying, The Voices Behind the Sound''. They tell their story of starting out in music and moving to London at the young age of 19 to make a name for themselves in the industry. They offer an insider's perspective on their collaborations with singers like
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and
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. The sisters also open up about the pivotal moments that have influenced their personal and professional growth and reflect on how motherhood and grief have inspired their latest compositions.


Personal lives

On 31 December 2018, the twins announced via an Instagram post that they were both pregnant. In February 2019 Miriam gave birth to a daughter with her partner, radio and television announcer Oriol Sabat. In May 2019 Olivia Nervo gave birth to a daughter with businessman Matthew Pringle. Miriam and Oriol had another daughter in February 2022. In 2022, Liv spoke out about how Pringle deceived her by maintaining a second family including having another daughter a few months prior to Liv's daughter's birth. The Nervo twins collaborated with the child advocacy group Hopeland on a campaign to end the practice of children separated from their parents and moved to orphanages for profit. They wrote a song called "Is Someone Looking For Me" to help raise awareness of the issue.


Live performances


2010

In 2010, Nervo played on the Ultra Main Stage during the
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.


2011

In June 2011, Nervo opened for pop singer,
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on her sixth
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, the
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, along with
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and Jessie and the Toy Boys. They then hit the iD festival tour. They also launched a Las Vegas DJ residency with the
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. The duo also performed a DJ set at Belgium's
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event. In September they played twice at Pacha in Ibiza, at two of the islands biggest club nights –
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's Fuck Me I'm Famous, and then the closing party of
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s All Gone Pete Tong.


2012

In 2012, Nervo played at Creamfields alongside
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and Dream Valley Festival booth in Brazil and the Sunset Music Festival in Tampa. They also played at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas and the Spring Awakening Music Festival in Chicago in June 2012. In July 2012, the twins DJd again at Belgium's Tomorrowland and performed at the Electric Zoo event in New York City, over the American Labor Day weekend. The twins played at the Voodoo Experience in
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, Louisiana, US, in October 2012. They also played at Escape from Wonderland in
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, US on 27 October 2012. On 7 November 2012 Covergirl announced the signing of Nervo.


2013

In January Nervo played on the bill of Central America's first electronic music festival The Day After. The festival was held in Panama City, Panama and also featured David Guetta, Afrojack, Rehab and others. Nervo played twice at Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida, U.S. They played on the "Ultra Worldwide" stage on Weekend 1 and on the "Main Stage" during Weekend 2. During March and April they toured throughout Mexico with the Alive Music Festival, alongside Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. In April they also announced a residency at Hakkasan Nightclub in the MGM Grand Las Vegas In June they played at Boonstock in Gibbons, Alberta, Canada and also returned to Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas to play the Circuit Grounds. In July they performed at the first Electric Daisy Carnival in London, followed by the Main Stage and the Dim Mak Stage (alongside
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) at Belgium's
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festival. The twins also headed back to Ibiza for their Nervo Nation residency at Ushuaia Beach Hotel. In August they played at the
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Red Carpet Ceremony as well as the MTV VMA event hosted by
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at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. In September they played at the three-day TomorrowWorld Festival in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia, US. The festival was the inaugural US version of the Belgian Tomorrowland event and was held at a farm near
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. In October they played on the same bill as Empire of the Sun,
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and Mord Fustang at Spookfest. Held at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, US, Spookfest is an event organised by the Live 105 radio station and its electronic dance music specialty program "Subsonic". In December they played at ZoukOut, one of Asia's biggest music dance festivals


2014

Nervo performed at the second edition of summerland festival in Colombia on 5 January and at the fourth annual Avila Beach Party on 23 May along with
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and Manufactured Superstars Nervo performed at Digital Dreams 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada along with many others like Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Eric Prydz and Tiesto. In addition, Nervo also performed at Escapade 2014 in
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, Ontario, Canada alongside well-known DJ's, such as
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, Carnage and
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. On 18 & 25 July 2014 they performed on the main stage of
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Over the
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weekend in May 2014, they performed during the first U.S. edition of
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which was held at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the site of the notable
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held in 1969. A few months later, Nervo played on the mainstage of the original version of Mysteryland, at
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, Netherlands. Nervo performed at the Forever Festival, Freedom Hill Amphitheater, Sterling Heights Michigan on 19 September 2014. Nervo had also played during the Road to Ultra event in Paraguay, Asuncion, being this their first time stepping on Paraguayan soil.


2015

In April 2015, it was announced that Nervo will release a single with
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soon and will be featured on the upcoming album ''Collateral''. In May 2015, Nervo played in the second and third days of Tomorrowland Brasil, the first edition of
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held in Brazil during 1 – 3 May. In July 2015, Nervo played on the second day of the WiSH Outdoor festival held in the Netherlands from 3 July. – 5 July. In December 2015, Nervo played on the second day of EDC festival in Brasil. In October 2015, Nervo played at AMF (Amsterdam Music Festival) as part of ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event) on the opening night of the DJ Mag Top 100, received award ‘Highest Ranked Female DJ’ at the DJ Mag Top 100, remaining in the Top 50 at #45 and signed with Armada Music to launch their own label imprint ‘Got Me Baby! Records’.


2016

In June 2016 Nervo begun their Nervonation summer residency at USHUAIA in Ibiza, with dates running until the season closed in September. In July 2016 Nervo played the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV for the Miss USA 2016 Swimsuit Competition and also played the Opera Stage at Tomorrowland. In August 2016– Nervo played Creamfields on the Arc Stage and also played at UNTOLD Festival, in Romania.


2017

Nominated for ‘Best Party DJ’ at the inaugural World Dance Music Radio Awards at the Azteca Stadium on 29 March, Nervo played at the award ceremony in front of a crowd of thousands and a radio audience of over 10 million listeners across Spain, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Los 40, the radio group behind the WDM Radio Awards, broadcasts across 12 countries: Spain, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Mexico. In September they will perform in
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as part of the international dance festival
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2022

Nervo returned to play on the Mainstage and the Library at
Tomorrowland (festival) Tomorrowland is a large-scale annual electronic dance music festival held in Boom, Belgium, Boom, Antwerp Province, Antwerp, Belgium. Taking place within De Schorre provincial recreational park, it held its first edition in 2005, from an idea ...
2022 in Belgium; the first Tomorrowland festival after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Discography

* '' Collateral'' (2015)


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Top 100 DJs


See also

* List of ''Billboard'' number-one dance club songs * List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart * List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance airplay chart


References


External links


Official website
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