April: Six artists you need to check out this month

Jimothy Lacoste is a young rapper and producer who extols the virtues of healthy eating and wholesome hobbies: an unlikely subject for a teen icon, but intrigue over his idiosyncratic style is seeing his fanbase grow. There’s an irresistible quality to his smooth, iPad-produced beats, casual delivery and the playful charm of his videos. Hundreds were turned away from a recent gig in East London, and the energy inside was explosive. Jimothy mania is peaking.

'Subway System' is out now

Although Jing’s passion for music started while working in a music store in Taipei, it took moving to Berlin to really pursue it. There, she formed Polygothica and joined the collective UNDO. But her most interesting work is under her own name, as she builds soundscapes around her short stories. Her latest, on Steve Bicknell’s 6dimensions, is all disorientating electronics and throbbing bass. Whether on wax or live at Fusion or De School, Jing takes us on an intense trip.

‘Adularescence’ drops on vinyl March 30 on 6dimensions

As Buttechno, Pavel Milyakov’s experimental, leftfield techno pairs human elements – folky guitars and muffled spoken word – with drone and dubbed-out synths. In 2016, Milyakov’s avant-garde experimentations made it onto the runway, after he was commissioned by Russian streetwear designer Gosha Rubchinskiy to soundtrack one of his collections. A flurry of releases planned for the coming months will bring Buttechno into the spotlight.

‘Capricorn’ is out on Klasse Wrecks sub-label Zodiac 44 soon

Red Bull Riddim Rally finalist and Academy of Contemporary Music graduate L U C Y’s dark, percussive sound draws on the bassy musical landscape of her home town, Bristol. Now living in London, her new project (the ‘Locations’ EP on Trapdoor) blends muffled ambient keys with futuristic dancehall bleeps and traverses breaks, grime and jungle, even finding space for an ethereal, Grimes-esque vocal.

L U C Y plays Fabriclive on March 30

Hailing from the big-skied lowlands of East Anglia, Sink Ya Teeth mix Moroder-ish synths with DIY attitude and drawled post-punk style vocals, as if they were James Murphy’s slightly morose nieces. Vocalist Maria Uzor and bassist Gemma Cullingford are ex-fanzine writers and party throwers whose much-praised debut ‘If You See Me’ came with a memorable video of a gathering filmed in the hallway of the pair’s Norwich flat. A June album should see more revellers join the throng.

‘Pushin’ is out now on 1965 Records

Bryndon Cook is a student of black music’s rich lineage, and it shows on his debut album ‘Language’. The 24-year-old from Maryland has previously collaborated with Dev Hynes and performed in Solange’s live band, and channels everything from the soul sheen of early Prince and 90s new jack swing to the madcap production of George Clinton, while the subtle electronic leanings of ‘Language’s production put him alongside Blood Orange, Childish Gambino and Frank Ocean.

‘Language’ is out now on Ghostly International