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Neil Cippon

plus

Ótal

with

Video Projections by Neil Cippon and Samara Talkin

at

The Gatherings Concert Series

In-Person Event (plus Live Stream)

Saturday 12 September 2026 8:00PM

at

St. Mary's Hamilton Village
3916 Locust Walk in Philadelphia, PA

Free Admission / Donations Requested

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Neil Cippon + Otal 12 Sep 2026

Neil Cippon returns as Ótal debuts at The Gatherings Concert Series on Saturday 12 September 2026 (with video artistry by Neil Cippon and Samara Talkin) within the remarkable church sanctuary of St Mary's Hamilton Village.

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Neil Cippon

Philadelphia based multi-instrumentalist Neil Cippon explores the ambient atmospheres possible with his six string electric bass. Using various pedals, filters, loopers and delays combined with synthesizer textures and Berlin-School sequencing, his soundscapes send the listener in an outward direction along an arc of original sounds, designs and moods. Issuing a silvery beam of cool tones and tender textures, Cippon's processed bass guitar plays warmly in easily engaging curving contours. With concerts in this expanded minimalist style, the continuously lulling long-form pieces drift gently through Ambient realms. A quieter experiment than those of his Rock Band years, more recent routes take their time to develop. Moving gently through our thoughts, toward an audience tending toward the meaningful and mysterious Neil Cippon shares his secrets.

 

Neil Cippon - Live at The Gatherings (8 June 2024)

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Oskar Arngrimsson

We cannot deny the ambition or the steady hand Óskar Arngrímsson brings to his music. Recording under the name Ótal his work feels more measured than most modular synth realizations. Blurring the borders between collage, sculpture, abstraction and tonal representation he searches for a hidden realm. Original, restlessly changing and charging sounds float free of context or lineage, with meaning pointing in multiple possible directions. While rising electronic forms enthrall in a slowly revealing timbral bloom, oscillators take their turn advancing, stacking and receding. As enigmatic as the realm it is trying to depict Arngrímsson's realizations do not merely hang in the air, inert. They sparkle, shine and gleam - moving as easily out through the cosmos as they do inward to the recesses of the human spirit.

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Neil Cippon/Samara Talkin

This event will include the video artistry of Neil Cippon and Samara Talkin.
Generating projections of original, ever-evolving graphics onto the interior features of the St Mary's staging space, their visual output aligns with the improvised live musical expressions conjured by the musicians.

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The Gatherings Concert Series presents Neil Cippon plus Ótal live in concert on Saturday 12 September 2026 at 8:00PM. (doors open at 7:30PM) in the church sanctuary of St. Mary's Hamilton Village 3916 Locust Walk (just east of 40th & Locust) on the Penn campus in West Philadelphia. Free Admission/Donations Requested. Advance Registration is advised through Humanitix.

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CIMA of PA CIMA of PA - The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of Pennsylvania

Neil Cippon plus Ótal at The Gatherings Concert Series on 12 September 2026 is funded by CIMA of PA (The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of Pennsylvania), the all-volunteer, IRS recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization behind the organization and production of The Gatherings Concert Series. The basic mission of CIMA of PA is to bring innovative music concerts to the public and further the advancement of this form of art.

For more about CIMA of PA, please access the Mission Statement

Neil Cippon plus Ótal Youtube Live Stream Saturday 12 September 2026
In-Person Concert/Live Stream - Complete Performance

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The Gatherings Concert Series is presented by the all-volunteer staff of The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of Pennsylvania

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