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 group consisting of Dirk Steyer and Ivo Lottig. They have toured with other groups including Hocico

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, And One

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, Terminal Choice

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The group began in 1995 when Dirk and Kay formed a band under the name of "Voices of Darkness", later 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 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 releasing their second album, Titan, in 2003, Jukka left the band to pursue his career.

Albums

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

EPs and Singles

• 2003: Deadline
• 2002: ...And I Say "Go"
• 2002: I Say Go
• 2007: Holy Machine

Compilations

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