Nerve is an American, New York based band, founded by the drummer Jojo Mayer.
History From the 1990s, Jojo Mayer participated actively in party events called "Prohibited Beatz" which was a platform for experimental interaction with DJ's and many kind of artists.(Filmmaker and DJ) Julie Covello's movie "Prohibited Beats" which was shown in 2002 New York Underground Film Festival The band Nerve initially emerged from these parties, described as an "endeavor in reverse engineering the textures and rhythms of the current stream of computer generated music into a live performed, improvisational format". While the line-up of musicians in Nerve was initially fluid, it solidified in the early 2000s around Jojo Mayer, Takuya Nakamura, John Davis and Roli Mosimann, and then again in 2014 around Mayer, Davis, Jacob Bergson and Aaron Nevezie.
In 2016, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen produced and televised a documentary film which chronicles several Nerve concerts in Zurich, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong, and which features interview footage with Mayer and others pertaining to the origins and history of Nerve.
With the current lineup of Mayer, Davis, Bergson and Nevezie, Nerve has maintained a constant touring schedule across the United States, Europe, Asia and Canada.
Personnel Current line-up Jojo Mayer : drums John Davis : bass Jacob Bergson : keyboards Aaron Nevezie : programming
Former members Janek Gwizdala : bass Takuya Nakamura : synthesizers Roli Mosimann : real-time audio deconstruction
Discography 2007 - Prohibited Beats 2010 - EP1 2010 - EP2 2011 - EP3 2011 - The Distance Between Zero And One 2012 - EP4 2014 - EP5 2015 - Live in Europe 2015 - Ghosts of Tomorrow 2016 - Vocal Collaborations 2017 - Nerve 2018 - After the Flare 2019 - Music for Sharks
References
External links Official Band Website Jojo Mayer Official Website