If Two Worlds Kiss

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"If Two Worlds Kiss" is the first studio album by Pink Turns Blue. Recorded 1986 – 1987 @ Studio N. Cologne by Mic Jogwer (vocals and guitars), Ruebi Walter (bass and keys), Marcus Giltjes (drums), additional guitars and backing vocals by Tom Elbern on tracks marked with + Liner notes: Originally founded in Cologne by Tom Elbern (vocal, guitars) who had finished his project "Seltsame Zustände" and Mic Jogwer (vocal, bass) who was studying bass at the Music Conservatory in Cologne, the duo was soon completed by Marcus Giltjes (drums), who then studied fine arts and Ruebi Walter (keyboards) who was working at a factory in Emmerich, a small town where both Mic and Marcus went to high-school also. The sound was heavily influenced by the members’ affection for post punk bands like Joy Division, Siuxsie and the Banshees but also (depending on the member) early The Cure, The Velvet Underground, Killing Joke, Jesus & Mary Chain and last not least Hüsker Dü. Always striving for a "deep", atmospheric sound with multi-dimensional lyrics the band right from the beginning felt better to sing in English. Which was a disadvantage for the German market but an advantage to reach an international fan base. The band won a competition of the local radio station (WDR) with recordings of their first recording session at Janus Music with Mic on vocals and bass singing his songs "That Was You" and "Our Last Love Tonight", Tom on vocals and guitars singing his songs "Missing You" and "Count On You") and Marcus on drum. The band got to play a WDR festival for newcomers and and was discovered by two amateur bookers who got the band to play in small clubs all over Germany. Also, the WDR paid for the second ever studio session in Cologne’s prestigious Studio N., a big facility, usually reserved for German popstar. This session was produced by Mickey Meuser (bass player of Nervous Germans) and the band got to play his impressive EMU-Sampler which you can hear on the album’s "That Was You". The other 3 songs recorded in this session were "Our Last Love Tonight", "When It Rains" and "When The Hammer Comes Down". During this session the band agreed that it would be better to have just one lead singer to sing all songs and with the support of the producer Mickey Meuser, Mic became the leader singer of the band. The band sent these recording to several record companies but all of them were only interested in German language "Neue Deutsche Welle" with lyrics more tongue in cheek, humorou. The Pink Turns Blue songs were much too downbeat to get the record companies interested. Only one publisher (Arabella) was interested in letting the band record another four songs in a small studio in or near Cologne (A. Ballhorn). The songs recorded were "After All", "Slavery", "The Girl From Another Space" and "State Of Mind". During this session Tom was getting uneasy about Mic singing his song. Plu, he got a job at WDR to be presenter of ‘Grafitti’, a very cool late evening radio show presenting new music (like John Peel on BBC). So during this session Tom’s heart was already leaving the band. And also, without a record release it was very difficult to get many people to our show, so quite often, people would just pop by to listen to a few songs and then move on to the club to dance or have a drink. In spring 1987 Tom played his last show with the band and left the rest without a guitarist and with only half the songwriter. To get the songs of bothh songwriters a fair chance Tom mic had agreed to share the copyrights on all songs (like Lennon/MacCartney). That is why all songs written between 1985 and beginning of 1987 where credited "Elbern/Jogwer". .

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