diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bandcamp.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bandcamp.py
index 987238738..973d4bb80 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bandcamp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bandcamp.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import json
-import random
 import re
-import time
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
@@ -14,9 +12,6 @@ from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
     int_or_none,
-    parse_filesize,
-    unescapeHTML,
-    update_url_query,
 )
 
 
@@ -86,68 +81,35 @@ class BandcampIE(InfoExtractor):
             r'(?ms)var TralbumData = .*?[{,]\s*id: (?P<id>\d+),?$',
             webpage, 'video id')
 
-        download_webpage = self._download_webpage(
-            download_link, video_id, 'Downloading free downloads page')
-
-        blob = self._parse_json(
-            self._search_regex(
-                r'data-blob=(["\'])(?P<blob>{.+?})\1', download_webpage,
-                'blob', group='blob'),
-            video_id, transform_source=unescapeHTML)
-
-        info = blob['digital_items'][0]
-
-        downloads = info['downloads']
-        track = info['title']
-
-        artist = info.get('artist')
-        title = '%s - %s' % (artist, track) if artist else track
-
-        download_formats = {}
-        for f in blob['download_formats']:
-            name, ext = f.get('name'), f.get('file_extension')
-            if all(isinstance(x, compat_str) for x in (name, ext)):
-                download_formats[name] = ext.strip('.')
-
-        formats = []
-        for format_id, f in downloads.items():
-            format_url = f.get('url')
-            if not format_url:
-                continue
-            # Stat URL generation algorithm is reverse engineered from
-            # download_*_bundle_*.js
-            stat_url = update_url_query(
-                format_url.replace('/download/', '/statdownload/'), {
-                    '.rand': int(time.time() * 1000 * random.random()),
-                })
-            format_id = f.get('encoding_name') or format_id
-            stat = self._download_json(
-                stat_url, video_id, 'Downloading %s JSON' % format_id,
-                transform_source=lambda s: s[s.index('{'):s.rindex('}') + 1],
-                fatal=False)
-            if not stat:
-                continue
-            retry_url = stat.get('retry_url')
-            if not isinstance(retry_url, compat_str):
-                continue
-            formats.append({
-                'url': self._proto_relative_url(retry_url, 'http:'),
-                'ext': download_formats.get(format_id),
-                'format_id': format_id,
-                'format_note': f.get('description'),
-                'filesize': parse_filesize(f.get('size_mb')),
-                'vcodec': 'none',
-            })
-        self._sort_formats(formats)
+        download_webpage = self._download_webpage(download_link, video_id, 'Downloading free downloads page')
+        # We get the dictionary of the track from some javascript code
+        all_info = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
+            r'(?sm)items: (.*?),$', download_webpage, 'items'), video_id)
+        info = all_info[0]
+        # We pick mp3-320 for now, until format selection can be easily implemented.
+        mp3_info = info['downloads']['mp3-320']
+        # If we try to use this url it says the link has expired
+        initial_url = mp3_info['url']
+        m_url = re.match(
+            r'(?P<server>http://(.*?)\.bandcamp\.com)/download/track\?enc=mp3-320&fsig=(?P<fsig>.*?)&id=(?P<id>.*?)&ts=(?P<ts>.*)$',
+            initial_url)
+        # We build the url we will use to get the final track url
+        # This url is build in Bandcamp in the script download_bunde_*.js
+        request_url = '%s/statdownload/track?enc=mp3-320&fsig=%s&id=%s&ts=%s&.rand=665028774616&.vrs=1' % (m_url.group('server'), m_url.group('fsig'), video_id, m_url.group('ts'))
+        final_url_webpage = self._download_webpage(request_url, video_id, 'Requesting download url')
+        # If we could correctly generate the .rand field the url would be
+        # in the "download_url" key
+        final_url = self._proto_relative_url(self._search_regex(
+            r'"retry_url":"(.+?)"', final_url_webpage, 'final video URL'), 'http:')
 
         return {
             'id': video_id,
-            'title': title,
+            'title': info['title'],
+            'ext': 'mp3',
+            'vcodec': 'none',
+            'url': final_url,
             'thumbnail': info.get('thumb_url'),
             'uploader': info.get('artist'),
-            'artist': artist,
-            'track': track,
-            'formats': formats,
         }