Darrell Fitton is an electronic musician from Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, England. Most of his work is recorded under recording monikers Bola and Jello, released primarily on Skam Records

Skam Records

Skam Records is an independent Electronic record label based in Manchester, England, founded by Andy Maddocks around 1990. Skam also runs a smaller sub-label called 33.-History:...

. Fitton has also contributed to electronic acts D-Breeze, Brahma and Ooblo, and Autechre

Autechre

Autechre are an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are one of the most prominent acts signed to Warp Records, a label known for its pioneering electronic music and through which all Autechre albums...

's Gescom

Gescom

Gescom is an electronic music project based in England with close ties to the band Autechre. The name is believed to have been derived from Gestalt Communication...

 project. Fitton was rumoured to have left the music industry in November 2007 http://www.pmwcreative.org/pmw_associate_musicians.html, 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

Warp Records

Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....

'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

Skam Records

Skam Records is an independent Electronic record label based in Manchester, England, founded by Andy Maddocks around 1990. Skam also runs a smaller sub-label called 33.-History:...

. 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 http://ektoise.bandcamp.com and contributed an exclusive live track to Tympanik Audio

Tympanik Audio

Tympanik Audio is an independent record label, launched in September 2007.-Catalogue:-External links:* * on Headphone Commute...

's Emerging Organisms vol. 4 compilation http://tympanikaudio.com/releases/ta056/. He still performs occasional live sets, the most recent of which was at Krake Festival in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 http://krake-festival.de/.

Albums

• Bola – Soup, 1998 (Skam
  Skam Records
  Skam Records is an independent Electronic record label based in Manchester, England, founded by Andy Maddocks around 1990. Skam also runs a smaller sub-label called 33.-History:...
  
  ). 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
  Peacefrog Records
  Peacefrog Records are an independent record label based in London, United Kingdom. The label produces releases in many different styles of electronic music as well as branching out into folk and indie artists such as José González and Nouvelle Vague. Started by Pete Hutchison and Paul Ballard in...
  
  ). 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
  Kroungrine
  Kroungrine is an album by English electronic music artist Bola. It was released by Skam in 2007 on both CD and 2LP .-Track listing:# "Zoft Broiled Ed" - 5:03# "Noop" - 4:28# "Waknuts" - 5:32# "Halyloola" - 4:54...
  
  2007 (Skam). CD (SKALD022), 2LP (SKALP022).
• Bola - Ambrosia (To be Released)

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 copies only.
• Bola – Pae Paoe, 2001 (Skam). 7" (KMAS007).
• Jello – Chamchimzee, 2002 (Peacefrog). 12" (PFG022).
• Jello – Lungbone, 2003 (Peacefrog). 12" (PFG028), CD (PFG028CD).

Remixes

• Lamb
  Lamb (band)
  Lamb is an electronic music duo from Manchester, England, whose music is influenced by trip hop and drum and bass. The duo consists of producer Andy Barlow, who also produces under the pseudonym Hipoptimist, and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes...
  
   – Softly (Bola remix), 1999 (Fontana). CD (562 372-2)
• Aqualung
  Aqualung (musician)
  Matthew "Matt" Hales , better known as Aqualung, is an English singer and songwriter best known in the UK for his song "Strange and Beautiful", which was featured on a television advertisement for the new Volkswagen New Beetle during the summer of 2002 and went on to become a Top 10 hit in the UK...
  
   – Strange and Beautiful (I Put a Spell on You) (Cassan Vae), 2002 (B-Unique Records). CD (bun032cdx)
• Bass Communion
  Bass Communion
  Bass Communion is a side project of Steven Wilson, best known for his lead role in the rock band Porcupine Tree. Records released under the name "Bass Communion" are in an ambient or electronic vein - lengthy drone-heavy compositions...
  
   – Macrovelux Deluxremux, 2003 (Headphone Dust). CD (BCCD5)
• Martin L. Gore
  Martin Gore
  Martin Lee Gore is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist, keyboardist, remixer and DJ. He is a founding member of Depeche Mode and has written the vast majority of their songs...
  
   – Loverman (Bola remix), 2003 (Mute). 12" (12 MUTE 322), DVD-V (12 MUTE 322), CD (CDMUTE322)
• Ektoise – Lmenitemix (Bola), 2010 (777 Operations). CD (7770011), 7" (7770012)

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
  Bolognese sauce
  Bolognese sauce is a meat-based sauce for pasta originating in Bologna, Italy. It is traditionally used to dress tagliatelle and is one of the two sauces used to prepare "lasagne alla Bolognese"...
  
  " (i.e. spaghetti sauce)
• "Kroungrine" and "Bola" become "crown green bowler"

External links

• Bola Facebook page