| Darrell Fitton | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Darrell Fitton |
| Also known as | Bola Jello |
| Origin | Manchester, England |
| Genres | Electronic music IDM |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Skam |
| Associated acts | D-Breeze Brahma Ooblo Gescom |
Darrell Fitton is an electronic musician from Manchester, England. Most of his work is recorded under recording monikers Bola and Jello, released primarily on Skam Records. Fitton has also contributed to electronic acts D-Breeze, Brahma and Ooblo, and Autechre's Gescom project. Fitton was rumoured to have left the music industry in November 2007 [1], but he announced his intention to continue making music on the Bola Facebook page in July 2009. Fitton described these rumours as stemming from a miscommunication with PMW Creative.
Fitton had his first electronic music release in 1994, on Warp's now infamous Artificial Intelligence II compilation, in 1995 he returned, but with the now more familiar Bola moniker releasing the Bola 1 12" on Skam Records. A rare set of 3 EPs called Shapes was released in 2000, pressed at only 300 copies; in September 2006, it was remastered and reissued in greater numbers by Skam, adding three bonus tracks.
His latest album, Kroungrine, was released in 2007. Fitton has stated on the Bola Facebook page that he is currently working on a new album, to be titled Ambrosia, which at this stage is still without an estimated release date. Most recently, Fitton remixed 'The Thought Police' by Australian group Ektoise [2] and contributed an exclusive live track to Tympanik Audio's Emerging Organisms vol. 4 compilation [3]. He still performs occasional live sets, the most recent of which was at Krake Festival in Germany [4].
Many of Fitton's album and EP titles are plays on the word "Bola":