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GET /v2/plays/3641664/?format=api
{ "id": 3641664, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3641664/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-04-13T19:29:18-07:00", "show": 66446, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66446/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Ceviche", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "d0f8abe5-7475-45f6-8b11-a042af28eda8", "artist": "G-Flux", "artist_ids": [ "16c1c463-11e9-494d-a49d-2a9eecd09412" ], "album": "Calavera Cósmica", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "4d3a6ded-8065-4e49-a771-4119d8676887", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2018-02-09", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Isidro Cuevas & Willy Cabañas’ “Ceviche” is a perfect title because it tells you immediately that the song will value flavor, sharpness, and mixture. Released as part of the duo’s self-titled 2020 album and also connected to versions involving G-Flux and Amantes del Futuro, the track belongs to a contemporary cumbia landscape that delights in collage: regional tradition, electronic texture, humor, and urban circulation all folded together. Bandcamp and streaming sources show that this is not a novelty one-off but part of a broader project, which matters because “Ceviche” works best when heard as cultural assembly rather than joke alone. Like the dish itself, the song suggests combination as method. Different ingredients keep their identity while becoming part of something more vibrant together. That logic maps neatly onto modern cumbia experiments, especially those moving between Mexico, Latin America, and electronic production cultures. “Ceviche” sounds like a song that understands pleasure as texture. It likely aims for tang and movement more than grand narrative, and that is a strength, not a limitation. In dance music shaped by popular memory, delight can be a serious craft. Isidro Cuevas and Willy Cabañas seem to work from that principle, making a track whose title is playful but whose structure likely depends on real rhythmic intelligence. It feels festive, but not disposable. \u2028Listen: https://isidroywilly.bandcamp.com/track/ceviche", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }