Originally starting life as a trio, Ivy Lab are now the duo of Gove Kidao & J.Fogel.

North London outfit Ivy Lab were brought together out of a shared enthusiasm for experimentations on the fringes of the UK bass music scene. The years that followed saw them go from strength to strength, earning a place in ‘The top 10 DJ’s of 2015’ (Mixmag) and propagating a new generation of hip-hop inspired abstractions housed within the framework of their ’20/20 LDN’ project.

The duo now find themselves located in the hinterlands between hip-hop and leftfield bass music; a neighbourhood characterized by transatlantic fusions channeling the best of both Los Angeles and London.

Ivy Lab invested further in the exploration of this sound with the creation of their ‘20/20 LDN’ club night. Housed formerly at Brixton’s Phonox nightclub before moving to the legendary Corsica Studios and most recently Micks Garage in Hackney Wick, it earned the characterisation of “ultra innovative” (Timeout Magazine) and was branded a “London standout” (Mixmag) before heading out onto the road with a Berlin Residency (Club Gretchen) and takeovers from Bristol to Vancouver to Atlanta.

Minted in late 2015, and borrowing the same raison d'être as its elder sibling nightlife brand; 20/20 LDN Recordings was unveiled with the pseudo-mixtape/compilation LP ‘Ivy Lab presents 20/20 Volume.1’ - described as “uncompromising, insightful and rather awesome : 9/10” (Mixmag) and “impossible to categorise : 9/10” (DJ Mag) . Little over a year later (and only 5 releases deep) the label was awarded the title of ’Best Breakthrough Label 2016’ in the DJ Mag ‘Best of British Awards 2016’.

Maintaining the aesthetic pioneered on the ‘Volume 1’ mixtape, Ivy Lab continued to garner widespread acclaim with tracks such as ‘Spooky Dub’, ‘Can’t Say No’ & ‘Peninsula’ , supplemented by showpiece remixes for Banks, Noisia, Wilkinson & Wretch 32 - with the era culminating in the 2018 release of their debut album “Death Don’t Always Taste Good” - the outfits first body of work as a duo - which launched with the critically acclaimed single ‘Cake’. Studio projects with Amon Tobin & Claude Von Stroke soon followed, with the former becoming a frequent collaborator following the release of the 2019 festival anthem ‘Orange’.

With an increasingly solid audience in North America and 2 long-play, largely dancefloor oriented projects behind them, the duo have increasingly experimented with more subdued productions; doubling down on the under-produced minimalism that was always a lingering theme of the outfit, but since 2019, has become a touchstone of their productions.

Ivy Lab’s currency as bass music figureheads has seen them receive support from such key festivals as Glastonbury, Coachella, EDC Vegas, SXSW, Sonar (Barcelona + HK), CTM Berlin, Dour, ADE, Woo Hah!, Shambhala, Lightning In A Bottle, Lowlands, Origin NYE, Exit and Outlook. The pair also enjoyed the honor of producing an edition of the BBC Radio 1 Essential mix, and saw the mix subsequently feature in the stations 5-contender shortlist for ‘Essential Mix of the Year’.

Ivy Lab heads into the horizon not only with an anchored presence at the cutting edge of the bass-music landscape, but also a secured reputation as pioneering label bosses & event promoters in ownership of one of the UK’s most exciting contemporary music brands.

Fast forward to COVID-19 pandemic, Ivy Lab took it upon themselves to thrive through the major setbacks that came into place due to borders shutting down and loss of events. Curating virtual streams to be viewed worldwide featuring world-renowned musicians and visual artists, they showcased their art globally only gaining an even larger audience to crave their sounds outside of their hometown in London.

As the world returned to its daily life - the duo came back to their US with their first show in over a year at one of the most famous venues in the world, Red Rocks in Colorado. Riding off the success from that show, Ivy Lab continued to tour the states hitting markets such as Los Angeles, New York, all the way to Coachella.

Ivy Lab released their album, Infinite Falling Ground, which was paired with an Audio/Visual tour in 2022-2023, & was in consideration for a Grammy Nomination.

The duo embarked on their latest journey of club records in early 2024, as well as tapping back into their original roots of Drum & Bass before gearing up for the release of their next album, Infinite Falling Ground Pt. 2. They followed up the album with another Audio/Visual tour in the fall of 2024, hitting cities all across the US and Europe.