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    "id": 3618392,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3618392/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-02-16T19:11:00-08:00",
    "show": 65953,
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    "song": "Jardines",
    "track_id": null,
    "recording_id": "5f374999-528b-4bdb-9860-0f3418823126",
    "artist": "Chancha Vía Circuito feat. Lido Pimienta",
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    "album": "Amansará",
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    "release_date": "2014-09-23",
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    "comment": "Chancha Vía Circuito is the long-running project of Buenos Aires producer Pedro Canale, central to the wave of “digital cumbia” and the broader ecosystem of Latin American electronic music that treats folklore as living circuitry. “Jardines” is one of his clearest spells: hand percussion and soft-edged synths circle each other like fireflies, while the rhythm breathes in slow spirals rather than marching in straight lines. The featured vocal (Lido Pimienta) gives the song a devotional warmth, and the lyric imagery—seed, sunlight, tenderness, persistence—frames the groove as something cultivated, not consumed. That’s a key to Chancha’s appeal: even when the beat leans club-ready, it’s built to feel communal and grounded, closer to a courtyard gathering than a strobe-lit peak. KCRW once summed up his lineage as emerging from digital cumbia while weaving regional rhythms beyond any single map. “Jardines” is exactly that: roots in motion, an electronic lullaby that still knows how to dance.\u2028Listen: https://chanchaviacircuitomusic.bandcamp.com/track/jardines-ft-lido-pimenta",
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