Goldie, Bananarama and boat trips with the Spice Girls: the hedonistic madness of 90s label London Records

From synthpop to drum’n’bass, the company had a roster of edgy stars – and let them do what they wanted. As a new podcast is launched, artists and staff remember the extreme work environment

‘I had been silent for a very long time’: how a chance meeting at a burger van revived techno genius the Field

A run of immaculate albums ended in 2018 with an identity crisis and the producer becoming a kindergarten chef. Now he’s back with a blissed-out new record

Drake: Iceman / Maid of Honour / Habibti review – ​triple-album comeback is a boring, bloated disaster

It’s possible that the world’s biggest rapper is using this epic content drop to get out of his record deal, but aside from some bright spots on Iceman, should the public really be subjected to it?

Olof Dreijer: Loud Bloom review – the Knife star’s debut solo album is a garden of earthly delights

On a floral-themed LP, squiggling melodies and quizzical distortion banish the winter gloom Dreijer brought to the Knife and his tracks with Fever Ray

‘In times like this, it pays to be Italian’: Mind Enterprises, the Campari-necking Italo disco revivalists who became a meme

A video of the Italian duo huffing cigarettes and pouring aperitifs on a Mediterranean balcony might have gone viral – but there’s nothing slapdash about their blissful electro evocations of la dolce vita

Kneecap: Fenian review – their new album is terrific, triumphant yet tortured

With strong words for Keir Starmer, the Irish rave-rap trio remain unbowed by the controversy around them – and yet this is a more ruminative record than you might expect

Serokolo 7: Maramfa Musick Pro review – South Africa’s latest club export is a relentless adrenaline shot

Reinvigorating the South African mapanta subgenre, producer Serokolo 7 blends folk vocal melodies with seething 180bpm rhythms, creating a barrage of sound

Mane character energy: part-nag pop provocateur HorsegiirL on burnout, eco tunes and pompous idiot DJs

The half-human, half-horse star has bounced back from the brink with a grass-themed album that’s ‘a love letter to Mother Earth’. Is it true she was discovered by Whitney Horseton?

What’s missing? Everything But the Girl’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

With their sublime confection of heartbreak and dancefloor power, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt have never sounded like anyone else. Thirty years since Walking Wounded, here’s the duo’s very best

Jessie Ware: Superbloom review – Table Manners host dishes up more disco – but where are the bangers?

The podcaster’s third sequin-festooned album in a row is her most retro, with its slightly cringe moments balanced by unerring quality control and opulent arrangements

‘The party was chilled until police sent in the riot squad’: when a Dorset free rave turned violent

The organisers of Eggtek in Lulworth and local police have two very different stories about how trouble started at the Easter event

The Guide #237: Fab 5 Freddy, the street artist at the heart of New York’s creative zenith

A new memoir by Fred Brathwaite offers an insight into the city’s emerging underground scene in the 70s and 80s – and shows us the power of subcultures in difficult times

‘Ring the alarm! Wake up! Be human!’: Aurora and Tom Rowlands on their new dance-pop duo Tomora

The Norwegian singer-songwriter and the Chemical Brother have combined their talents, and names, to create a wildly inventive new band. The collaboration has gone smoothly so far – but will they soon need separate tour buses?

Pop maverick Robyn on sleaze, snobbery and dating during IVF: ‘When there isn’t as much at stake, sex becomes more fun’

The Swedish musician decided to pursue motherhood alone, and found it came with a surprising sexual awakening – a story she lays out on her new album, her first in eight years

Fcukers: Ö review – hyped Harry Styles-supporting NYC hedonists have the hooks to merit the hoopla

The duo’s snotty nonchalance may capture the post-Brat zeitgeist, but their true appeal lies in a talent for turning vintage dance influences into pointed modern pop