Beats from Dutch producer a.bee are recklessly experimental. From dizzying chopped percussion and atmospheres that haunt, to synthesized bass that verges on an acid sound, the producer’s approach is one we don’t stumble across frequently in the wide world of lo-fi beats.

“Buy the ticket, take the ride,” writes Cosmic Synergy, quoting the late psychedelic journeyman and journalist Hunter S. Thompson to describe their event Coalesce, taking place December 29, 30, and 31 on the San Francisco Bay. These words gesture towards a spirit of faith on which DIY shows and communities thrive.

To mark one year of Lo-Fi Sundays, we’re publishing a conversation with an eminent representative of beat music, Alexander Fjellerad Thomsen, better known as Axian of Aarhus, Denmark. In addition to covering who Axian is and how he makes his renowned spacey, sample-cut music, we ended up discussing beats music generally, the “lo-fi community” at large.