After more than 10 years, Ivy Lab is bringing their collaboration to a close. Gove Kidao and Jay Fogel will perform a run of final shows and release the last music from the project throughout 2026 before moving on to new musical ventures.

In a statement posted on social media today, the duo said, “After more than 10 years spreading our wings through a wild and varied array of leftfield beats, we’ve decided to call time on our flagship project and look ahead to new adventures in sound. 2026 will be our last year of operation.”

Kidao and Fogel came together as Ivy Lab in 2013, having already carved out strong individual presences in drum & bass as Sabre and Stray, respectively. On early releases, they were also joined by Laurence Reading, aka Halogenix, and released music through Critical Recordings.

The focus for Ivy Lab was a more freeform approach to bassweight music, moving beyond the boundaries of drum & bass to explore a wide range of tempos and intensities, including half-time and hip-hop-informed beats.

In 2015, Ivy Lab felt the need to create a space where they could move more freely with this new direction, and they launched their label Twenty Twenty London with an expansive double-pack album that showcased the full range they were developing in the studio.

Over time, Ivy Lab grew into a powerful, idiosyncratic force in hybrid club music, building a vast archive of EPs and albums. At the same time, Twenty Twenty London became a prominent hub for emerging talent making beats outside the dominant genre lines of modern electronic music.

Kidao and Fogel say this feels like the right moment to bring Ivy Lab to a close, having achieved more than they could have imagined when the project began. Both artists will continue releasing music individually as Stray and Sabre.

Meanwhile, Twenty Twenty London will continue to nurture the community of artists around the label and grow as an essential platform for new music.

Ending a creative endeavor at the right time can be just as important as starting one. Ivy Lab bows out with intention, savoring every last show and drawing a line under a fully realized vision for modern bassweight music that refused to be boxed in.