

Being New York-based, it made sense for Knapsack’s collaborative side project to perform in a virtual space that was reminiscent of the real-world club they could no longer access.Īt String Formal, Papaya & Friends were billed alongside a myriad of hyperpop and EDM acts, including PC Music princess Hannah Diamond.

Elsewither is a virtual recreation of Brooklyn club Elsewhere, that was shut down due to pandemic protocol. In early June, Knapsack performed in the block-based building game alongside his NYU collab group, Papaya & Friends, at Elsewither Academy’s String Formal. Cook, but Knapsack is no stranger to this type of venue.

From August 14–15, Knapsack will be performing at Lavapalooza, a two-day Minecraft festival organized by Open Pit and headlined by acts such as 100 Gecs and A. This humble admission is emblematic of the DIY bedroom producer ethos that permeates online spaces, such as Soundcloud, Discord, Zoom, and even Minecraft. “As a group of kids who’ve been doing this for a while, we kind of have a leg up on the quarantine culture, cause we all stay home anyway.” “My process for making and recording music has always been in my bedroom, wherever that is,” Knapsack admits into the oversized mic that is clearly used for this very purpose. So why should a world-wide lockdown get in the way? Long before traditional IRL performances were halted by the wake of a global pandemic, Knapsack was DJing on Discord for his friends and making Soundcloud-worthy beats on his laptop. The buzz of a lifetime is still on its way, and for now, “Twelve Degrees” urges us to simply stick to our routine-and that’s okay.Īs a quasi-quarantined bedroom producer, Knapsack’s routine involves striving for pop stardom as he always has: online. Recently, he dropped his first single of 2020, a bittersweet marriage of spacey synths and upbeat affirmations titled “Twelve Degrees.” But this is not the buzz that Knapsack has been hinting at on social media since The Before Times of the pandemic. He’s still managed to perform alongside acts such as Hannah Diamond and Phoebe Bridgers (in Minecraft) and party with the likes of Laura Les (on Zoom). The 19-year-old bedroom producer is quarantining for the summer far from his college campus at NYU, but he assures me that the pandemic has hardly affected his musical process. “The buzz of a lifetime is coming,” Knapsack announces over Zoom from his parent’s Midwestern home in the Chicago suburbs.
KNAPSACK MINECRAFT MOD
It cannot be opened without going through the inventory screen, unlike the backpacks from the Backpack mod when they're equipped. When equipped, a new tab shows up on the GUI which opens a secondary inventory within the knapsack, similar to the backpacks crafted in the Backpacks mod.
KNAPSACK MINECRAFT UPDATE
Update 1.3.5 to Tinkers' Construct included knapsacks, which can be equipped in the appropriate slot. It has currently only two purposes: heart canisters and backpack on the trinket slot in the bottom right. This GUI allows for certain additional equipment to be added. The Armor GUI is a new tab found in the inventory that is added by Tinkers' Construct.
