{"id":128,"date":"2026-03-06T18:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:40:07","slug":"projects_hocus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/index.php\/projects\/projects_hocus\/","title":{"rendered":"projects_hocus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; padding: 50px 18px 80px;\">\n<div style=\"width: 42%; flex-shrink: 0;\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-352\" src=\"http:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/projects_hocusby-Olive-from-Cave12-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/projects_hocusby-Olive-from-Cave12-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/projects_hocusby-Olive-from-Cave12-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/projects_hocusby-Olive-from-Cave12-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/projects_hocusby-Olive-from-Cave12-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/projects_hocusby-Olive-from-Cave12-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/projects_hocusby-Olive-from-Cave12-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1; padding: 40px 40px 40px 40px; max-width: 620px;\">\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 15px; display: block; margin-bottom: 28px;\" href=\"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/index.php\/projects\/\">\u2190 projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px;\">HOCUS<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 32px; line-height: 1.65;\">Known for his deeply disturbing live performances in which he uses his pocket trumpet to create heavily distorted harsh noise loops that conjure up a sense of paranoia, Almeida often makes noise music that is brutal and harsh, yet full of texture and almost ecstatic moments of climax.<\/p>\n<p class=\"statement\">&#8220;&#8230; To be blunt, Narrow is a tape for those who like their noise uncut and harsh as fuck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"source\">Emily Pothast, The Wire Magazine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=18050939\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.bandcamp.com\/album\/narrow\">Narrow by Hocus<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u2190 projects HOCUS Known for his deeply disturbing live performances in which he uses his pocket trumpet to create heavily distorted harsh noise loops that conjure up a sense of paranoia, Almeida often makes noise music that is brutal and harsh, yet full of texture and almost ecstatic moments of climax. &#8220;&#8230; To be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":116,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/447"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joaoalmeida.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}