Artist Bio
Sound engineer. Programmer. Musical director. Kola Bello has worn plenty of hats since he broke onto the British music scene at the tender age of 16, but it’s probably his talent as a keyboard player that takes top billing. Since 2013, Kola has worked with Gentleman’s Dub Club on the Big Smoke album, and toured with British DJ Naughty Boy, but things really went stratospheric when he joined pop superstar Ellie Goulding’s lineup to visit 22-plus countries on the Delirium World Tour. As an open-minded modern synth player with a flair for sampling and triggering, it’s no surprise that Kola chooses the trailblazing Roland JD-Xi, JD-XA and RD-800 to recreate the epic tracks from Delirium on the stage. Look out for him in a stadium near you.
Kola Bello on the RD-800
"The reason why I use RD-800 especially, it's just because of the keybed and how it feels and how it plays
and how it responds to my sample libraries.”
Kola Bello on the JD-XA
"The reason why I use this one mainly is because of the combination of the analogue and digital engines and how I'm able to kind of morph the two to create really interesting sounds that are clean and digital, but also got a bit of grit.”
— Kola Bello
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