SCOTT HELLAND AND THE TRAVELING BAND OF GYPSY NOMADS: Catapult

Scott Helland and the Traveling Band of Gypsy Nomads

Catapult

© 2006 Scott Helland Atmospheric Audio/ASCAP (837101191036)

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Neo Medieval Acoustic Rock Instrumentals w/ driving guitars and percussion

tracks

1 Tall Tales from the Tavern
2 Race Against Time
3 Iron Clad Maidens
4 Myth of the Legendary Folktale
5 Monarch of the Glen
6 Catapult to the Highlands
7 Ogre Dance
8 Shining Knights in Dented Armor
9 Spirit of Tintagel
10 March of the Minstrel
11 Quest to the West
12 Smoke Signals

notes

Catapult; is bursting at the seams with neo medieval rock romps in the language of lush melodic acoustic guitar and percussion instrumentals. "Helland's songs aren't extended instrumental virtuosic ramblings, but rather catchy, tightly knit songs that you'll have playing in your head for hours." Each song acting like a movie that takes you to another place." With "Tall Tales from the Tavern", "Ogre Dance", "Race Against Time", "Spirit of Tintagel", "Monarch of the Glen" and 7 more anthemic instrumentals.

The Gypsy Nomads are Scott Helland and percussionist Samantha Stephenson. Check their website for tour dates! www.thegypsynomads.com

Scott derives inspiration from medieval, celtic and renaissance music and movies and soundtracks. He also has an unabashed love of European hard rock and metal bands which partially accounts for the physicality of Scott's music along with the fact that he spent his early musical days playing bass guitar in punk and metal bands. As a teenager in the early eighties, Scott played with the bombastic, no holds barred bands Deep Wound, which included Lou Barlow and J Mascis, and continued into the `90's with Outpatients, with whom Scott toured in the U.S., Canada and South America. Both bands released several critically acclaimed underground recordings.

The Gypsy Nomads/Scott Helland CDs
Eternal Summer 2008
Thread & Stone 2007
Catapult 2006
Brocade 2004
Earthbound 2002
Space Age Tranceology 2000

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  • Arresting music that grows more subtle with each hearing
    author: Judith Hawkins-Tillirson

    I absolutely agree with every point the first reviewer made. Each time I listen to CATAPULT (and it's been some dozens of times, now)I hear deeper levels of creativity, skill, and subtlety. It astounds me that the music alone can tell its own tales without words! Not only that, there are stories within the stories. It sounds odd even to me to write this, but even the biggest, drum-boomiest, most exciting of the tracks brings me a deep and profound sense of serenity and pleasure--it is as though, even on first hearing, each track reveals itself to be and old and much-loved friend. Not a note is awry or wasted; no filler here! The artist's skill can only be experienced, because words simply fail. I adore this cd! It will keep me going until the next release.

  • You know you really like a CD when you pop it into the CD player and let it play
    author: Katrina Stiles, Morgaine and The Pagan Review

    You know you really like a CD when you pop it into the CD player and let it play for 2 days straight.  In the case of Catapult, you will probably want to keep it going for at least 4 or 5 days, before needing a break. This music is addictive.  It's earthy, it's rocky, it's flowing, it's ancient and timeless, it's simple yet at the same time, it's complicated – and by that I mean there is more going on here than "just" music.  Scott tells us stories through the music. No, not through lyrics, through the music.  The instruments speak to us in a way only a true musician can make them speak.   Scott shows a real renaissance quality in his work. These songs take your mind to a time of beauty, a time of art.  A time that we now, can only escape to in our minds.   I highly recommend this CD, and not only that, I recommend the first time you listen to it, you sit down and REALLY listen to it.  Don't just put it on and go about your business.  Spend some time with it.  Savor it. Close your eyes and let the music take you where it wants to. After that, you'll want to get up and dance with the Ogre.  And if you really want to know what that means, well there is another excuse right there to go and buy this CD.

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