1) Electro-Industri… Read Full Bio ↴There are, at least, two artists with this name.
1) Electro-Industrial project from Chemnitz, Germany, founded in 1994 by Dirk Steyer. Right after Kay Resch followed his musical inspiration and joined the project.
Inspired by Electro-/Techno-Acts of the early nineties, 1996 Accessory themselves published a first tape: "Electronic Controlled Mind". Half a year later followed the official limited CD-release of "Electronic Controlled Mind" on the small label SD-Image. Further followed in self-release 1998 the tape "Injection".
At the end of the millennium Ivo Lottig joined the band Accessory. From now onwards he was a good support live as well as in the studio. In springtime 2000 Accessory went on tour through Germany for 3 weeks with AND ONE. At this time Kay Resch split up from the band and Jukka Sandeck came as the new third man.
Right after the label-contract with the record company OUT OF LINE followed. So, it happened that at the beginning of the year 2001 the first really official album "jukka2147.de" was released and it excited the German electro-scene as well as the international scene. Directly after the release the band had a tour again through Germany with Terminal Choice.
At the end of 2001 the EP "Deadline" was released, which brought up the Hit-Song with the same name Deadline". The breakthrough was done, what was also stated at the tour of 5 weeks with Hocico in March/April 2002. Everywhere, at home and in foreign countries Accessory excited its audience.
At the end of 2002 Accessory published the Single "I say go", which was pioneering for the album "Titan", what was released in May 2003. Titan successfully continued the style and trend of Accessory ... and gave the band an enormous growth of new fans all over the world.
In December 2003 Jukka Sandeck leaves the band because of professional reasons. However, it went on straight foreward. A new album "Forever & Beyond" came out in April 2005. The first pressing of the album was released in a glamorous digipak inclusive a bonus CD with special songs and videos.
Afterwards a short production break followed in which mastermind Dirk finished a one year training as sound engineer. But in spring 2007 Accessory came back in concentrated energy as usual with the song “Ewigkeit”. Just a few months later the EP “Holy Machine” was released under Out of Line Music in August 2007. At the same time Ivo Lottig left the band because of job-related reasons.
In autumn 2007 Mike Koenigsberger accompanied Accessory. Together they finished the work on the latest album “More than Machinery” which was released in March 2008.
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2) A death/thrash metal band from Hagen, Germany, released a 5 track-demo and the album "Within Your Mind" in 1992. They changed their name to Colour Trip in 1993.
Unfinished
Accessory Lyrics
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Fragrance in the air
Instructions promise feeling
But the doll doesn't care
Gendered deliveries
Take money for some happiness
Officials offer intimacy
The papers are blank
And the bottom turns up
The river flows back
Into the water lab
Take your borrowed shit
And leave me alone
Take your leveled life
And sell it someone else
An audition has to end
Their puppets are tired
No further commands to pretend
That the third is inspired
All thoughts of actors for rent
Useless for the higher
No opinion to defend
No excuses for the liar
The song "Unfinished" by Accessory is a commentary on the state of consumption and emptiness in society. The lyrics paint a picture of purple bottles being blown, fragrance in the air, and promises of feeling, but the doll doesn't care, indicating that these materialistic things do not provide long-lasting happiness, and are ultimately meaningless. The song talks about how officials offer intimacy and gendered deliveries, taking money for happiness, indicating that society has commodified everything, even something as personal as intimacy. The papers are blank, and the river flows back into the water lab, indicating that everything is temporary and meaningless, and everything ultimately goes back to where it came from.
The song ends on a note of rejection, asking people to take their borrowed shit and leave us alone, indicating that the singer has had enough of consumption-driven society. The idea of leveling life and selling it to someone else indicates that society is willing to do whatever it takes to keep up with consumption, even if it means borrowing from other people's lives.
Overall, "Unfinished" is a powerful commentary on the emptiness of materialistic consumption-driven society and the dissatisfaction that it brings to people's lives.
Line by Line Meaning
Purple bottles blow
Empty promises being made, falling short in delivering on what was expected.
Fragrance in the air
A heavy sense of trying to cover up something that is not of value.
Instructions promise feeling
The idea that things can be solved by simply following a set of predetermined rules.
But the doll doesn't care
Lack of genuine feeling, emotional detachment from what should be meaningful.
Gendered deliveries
Traditional expectations being upheld in a way that keeps people from transcending what has been deemed ‘normal’.
Take money for some happiness
The idea that money can buy happiness, but it often doesn't.
Officials offer intimacy
Institutions fail to really connect with the everyday life of those they assert to help.
For the wasteful mass
People are seen through the lens of consumers or non-performative members of society, being deemed ‘wasteful’.
The papers are blank
Lack of professionalism, an abandonment of duty or work that should have been done but has not been.
And the bottom turns up
The truth is revealed and it ends up not looking very positive.
The river flows back
Past decisions coming back around, causing harm or negative reverberations.
Into the water lab
The place where we experiment and try to change things but usually are unsuccessful.
Take your borrowed shit
The idea that anything that has been acquired through false means will never truly belong and should be returned.
And leave me alone
Lack of need to be around toxic or shallow people, wanting peace without distractions.
Take your leveled life
The idea that other people’s perception of what success looks like may not be what one wants or needs.
And sell it someone else
The idea that it is easy to pass along something that is not valuable to begin with.
An audition has to end
The idea that sometimes opportunities or chances do not work out.
Their puppets are tired
The idea that people are tired of being manipulated or following the script of others.
No further commands to pretend
The point at which people have become fed up with faking their way through situations.
That the third is inspired
The idea that something superior has been achieved without sacrificing one's authenticity.
All thoughts of actors for rent
The idea that everything has a cost and that people will do whatever it takes to get what they want.
Useless for the higher
Often times, the people in power are not looking to change things, rendering their efforts useless.
No opinion to defend
The idea that some people have lost their voice and have been silenced to the point that they feel they have nothing to say.
No excuses for the liar
Eventually, all lies will come to light and there will be no confidence left in the liar.
Contributed by Owen I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.