Accessory (band)

Accessory
Background information
Also known as	Voices of Darkness
Origin	Germany
Genres	EBM Synthpop Futurepop Electro-Industrial
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Out of Line Metropolis Records
Members	Dirk Steyer Mike Koenigsberger
Past members	Jukka Sandeck Kay Resch Ivo Lottig

Accessory is a German synthpop/electro-industrial group consisting of Dirk Steyer and Ivo Lottig. They have toured with other groups, including Hocico, And One, Terminal Choice.

The group began in 1994 when Dirk Steyer and Kay Resch formed a band under the name "Voices of Darkness", becoming "Accessory" in 1996. In 1997 they released a demo album, Electronic Controlled Mind on a small record label named SD-IMAGE. Ivo joined the group in October 1999 to play on keyboards. Shortly afterwards Kay left the band to pursue his own career, but returned in 2001 to do lighting and technical operations. They released their first official album, Jukka2147.de, in February 2001 after joining the label Out of Line. After the release of their second album, Titan, in 2003, Jukka Sandeck left the band to pursue an individual career.

Discography

Albums

• 1997: Electronic Controlled Mind
• 2001: Jukka2147.de
• 2002: Live./Hammer
• 2003: Titan
• 2005: Forever & Beyond
• 2008: More Than Machinery
• 2011: Underbeat
• 2013: Resurrection
• 2019: Elektrik

EPs and Singles

• 2001: Deadline
• 2002: ...And I Say "Go"
• 2002: I Say Go
• 2007: Holy Machine
• 2016: Ship of Fools

Compilations

• 2005: Awake The Machines Vol. 5 - "Never (short version)"
• 2008: Synthetic Reign Volume One - "Heartattack"

External links

• Official Accessory website