Accessory is the solo project of Jason Balla, a songwriter and multi-disciplinary artist based in Chicago. Their work centers on the conflict between optimism and melancholy, holding the seemingly-infinite weight of both with equal perspective and grace, pointing to their correspondence through curious and complex melodic experiences that mimic the tension of the natural and digital world. His debut album Dust is where the celestial meets the molecular. Angels, shooting stars, and lightning converse with blood, serotonin and calcium. The duality of Balla’s self-produced work is meticulously crafted through sonic states of intuition and emotion alongside laborious mechanical manipulation. This altering rejects logic for absurdity while the other focuses on the innate nature of pure feeling
