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Darrell Fitton

 
Artist: Bola
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  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Electronica
  • Instrument: Producer
  • Representative Albums: "Shapes
  • Representative Songs: "Shoob, E", "O, Chuma

Biography

Manchester's Bola is Darrell Fitton, whose 1995 debut 12-inch for Skam under that name helped shoot the now-collectible label to underground notoriety. Although the first of Fitton's released tracks appeared on the Warp label's Artificial Intelligence II compilation in 1995 and displayed the same style of chrome-dipped melodic techno adhered to by many Warp artists, his subsequent Bola material focused in on a heartier, less accessible aesthetic. His self-titled Skam EP combined vaguely funk-fueled rhythms with harsh, austere synth textures and almost industrial-grade distortion. With the exception of compilation tracks for Silent Records' U.S.-released Skampilation, the Skam-V/Vm collaboration061, and the mostly obscure Mask series (a joint venture between Skam and Munich's Musik aus Strom), three years separated Fitton's debut from his next proper release; "Aguilla" was an extremely limited-run three-track seven-inch released by Skam in 1998. Two months following appeared Soup, Fitton's long-awaited LP debut. An impressive synthesis of the machine-beat ambiance of post-techno with warm, wistful analog soul, Soup sounded familiar more than dated, and served as an impressive summing up of the formal qualities of dance music utterly uninterested in the dance floor. In addition to his Bola releases, Fitton loaned his production chops to the first 12-inch by Warp artists Autechre under their Gescom guise, and is rumored to serve as Skam's in-house engineer. ~ Sean Cooper, All Music Guide
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Not to be confused with Darryl Fitton.
Darrell Fitton
Birth name Darrell Fitton
Also known as Bola
Jello
Origin Manchester, England
Genre(s) Electronic music
IDM
Years active 1994–present
Label(s) 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 rumored to have left the music industry in November 2007 [1], but he announced his intention to continue making music on the Facebook Bola Fan Page in July 2009. Fitton described these rumors 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.

Contents

Discography

Albums

  • Bola - Soup, 1998 (Skam). 12" (SKALP002), CD (SKALD002), 2LP (SKALD002LP). Remastered and reissued with new artwork in 2003.
  • Bola - Fyuti, 2001 (Skam). 12" (SKALP007), CD (SKALD007).
  • Jello - Voile, 2002 (Peacefrog). 12" (PFG016LP), CD (PFG016CD).
  • Bola - Gnayse, 2004 (Skam). 12" (SKALP015), CD (SKALD015), 2LP (SKALD015LP).
  • Bola - Shapes, 2006 (Skam). CD (SKALD020). Remastered and re-issued version of the Shapes EP, plus 3 bonus tracks.
  • Bola - Kroungrine 2007 (Skam). CD (SKALD022), 2LP (SKALP022).

Singles and EPs

  • Bola - 1, 1995 (Skam). 12" (SKA005).
  • Bola - KS, 1998 (Skam). 7" (KMAS002).
  • Bola - Mauver, 2000 (Skam). 12" (SKA015).
  • Bola - Shapes, 2000 (Skam). 12". 300 copy only.
  • Bola - Pae Paoe, 2001 (Skam). 7" (KMAS007).
  • Jello - Chamchimzee, 2002 (Peacefrog). 12" (PFG022).
  • Jello - Lungbone, 2003 (Peacefrog). 12" (PFG028), CD (PFG028CD).

Title puns

Many of Fitton's album and EP titles are plays on the word "Bola":

  • "Bola" and "KS" become "bollocks"
  • "Bola" and "Soup" become "bowl o' soup"
  • "Bola" and "Mauver" become "bowl 'em over"
  • "Bola" and "Fyuti" become "fyutibola, a play on the term footballer" or "bowl of yew tea"
  • "Bola" and "Gnayse" become "bolognese" (i.e. spaghetti sauce)
  • "Kroungrine" and "Bola" become "crown green bowls"

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