Lucid Hour is a monthly show by LA-based DJ Encarnación. Encarnación weaves together upbeat international sounds such as highlife, tropicalia, italo, and cumbia with the western music they influenced to create a luminous soundscape that knows no boundaries. With an emphasis on obscurity and low fidelity, Encarnación seeks to draw connections among culture, art, struggle, love, and light.

This month, Encarnación is sharing the space with long time friend and lookalike, Liv Surnow.

Based in Echo Park, Liv Surnow is a senior producer at KCRW. Liv produces KCRW’s Live From HQ in-studio sessions, as well as dance parties and cultural events all over LA. Liv also is the founder and executive producer of KCRW’s Young Creators Project, which aims to discover young emerging music talent within local communities to champion across KCRW channels.

With a long history as a DJ, Liv has spun everywhere from graveyard shifts at central California radio stations to sunrise sets at Devil Gates Dam. Liv is drawn to lyrical exploration of the space between yearning and peace; their curation leaves one oscillating between feelings a home-like warmth and the lack thereof.