Artist Info: Chorallas

Chorallas, a fictional band formed in the suburbs of Amsterdam in 1968, was founded by university students Jan van der Meer (guitar, vocals) and Klaus Weber (drums). The duo soon recruited bassist Pieter Jansen and synthesizer virtuoso Erik Dekker, whom they met while playing in local jazz clubs.

The band's name has two interesting origins: In Berber language, "Chorallas" means "dreams of the desert," which the band discovered during van der Meer's transformative summer trip to Morocco. [read more...]