-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        uploader = mobj.group(1)
-        cloudcast_name = mobj.group(2)
-        track_id = compat_urllib_parse_unquote('-'.join((uploader, cloudcast_name)))
-
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, track_id)
-
-        message = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'(?s)<div[^>]+class="global-message cloudcast-disabled-notice-light"[^>]*>(.+?)<(?:a|/div)',
-            webpage, 'error message', default=None)
-
-        encrypted_play_info = self._search_regex(
-            r'm-play-info="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'play info')
-        play_info = self._parse_json(
-            self._decrypt_play_info(encrypted_play_info), track_id)
-
-        if message and 'stream_url' not in play_info:
-            raise ExtractorError('%s said: %s' % (self.IE_NAME, message), expected=True)
-
-        song_url = play_info['stream_url']
-
-        title = self._html_search_regex(r'm-title="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'title')
-        thumbnail = self._proto_relative_url(self._html_search_regex(
-            r'm-thumbnail-url="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'thumbnail', fatal=False))
-        uploader = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'm-owner-name="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'uploader', fatal=False)
-        uploader_id = self._search_regex(
-            r'\s+"profile": "([^"]+)",', webpage, 'uploader id', fatal=False)
-        description = self._og_search_description(webpage)
-        view_count = str_to_int(self._search_regex(
-            [r'<meta itemprop="interactionCount" content="UserPlays:([0-9]+)"',
-             r'/listeners/?">([0-9,.]+)</a>',
-             r'(?:m|data)-tooltip=["\']([\d,.]+) plays'],
-            webpage, 'play count', default=None))
+        username, slug = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
+        username, slug = compat_urllib_parse_unquote(username), compat_urllib_parse_unquote(slug)
+        track_id = '%s_%s' % (username, slug)
+
+        cloudcast = self._call_api('cloudcast', '''audioLength
+    comments(first: 100) {
+      edges {
+        node {
+          comment
+          created
+          user {
+            displayName
+            username
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      totalCount
+    }
+    description
+    favorites {
+      totalCount
+    }
+    featuringArtistList
+    isExclusive
+    name
+    owner {
+      displayName
+      url
+      username
+    }
+    picture(width: 1024, height: 1024) {
+        url
+    }
+    plays
+    publishDate
+    reposts {
+      totalCount
+    }
+    streamInfo {
+      dashUrl
+      hlsUrl
+      url
+    }
+    tags {
+      tag {
+        name
+      }
+    }''', track_id, username, slug)
+
+        title = cloudcast['name']
+
+        stream_info = cloudcast['streamInfo']
+        formats = []
+
+        for url_key in ('url', 'hlsUrl', 'dashUrl'):
+            format_url = stream_info.get(url_key)
+            if not format_url:
+                continue
+            decrypted = self._decrypt_xor_cipher(
+                self._DECRYPTION_KEY, compat_b64decode(format_url))
+            if url_key == 'hlsUrl':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    decrypted, track_id, 'mp4', entry_protocol='m3u8_native',
+                    m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False))
+            elif url_key == 'dashUrl':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_mpd_formats(
+                    decrypted, track_id, mpd_id='dash', fatal=False))
+            else:
+                formats.append({
+                    'format_id': 'http',
+                    'url': decrypted,
+                    'downloader_options': {
+                        # Mixcloud starts throttling at >~5M
+                        'http_chunk_size': 5242880,
+                    },
+                })
+
+        if not formats and cloudcast.get('isExclusive'):
+            self.raise_login_required()
+
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        comments = []
+        for edge in (try_get(cloudcast, lambda x: x['comments']['edges']) or []):
+            node = edge.get('node') or {}
+            text = strip_or_none(node.get('comment'))
+            if not text:
+                continue
+            user = node.get('user') or {}
+            comments.append({
+                'author': user.get('displayName'),
+                'author_id': user.get('username'),
+                'text': text,
+                'timestamp': parse_iso8601(node.get('created')),
+            })
+
+        tags = []
+        for t in cloudcast.get('tags'):
+            tag = try_get(t, lambda x: x['tag']['name'], compat_str)
+            if not tag:
+                tags.append(tag)
+
+        get_count = lambda x: int_or_none(try_get(cloudcast, lambda y: y[x]['totalCount']))
+
+        owner = cloudcast.get('owner') or {}