{"id":2767,"date":"2024-06-17T18:43:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T18:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/?page_id=2767"},"modified":"2024-06-26T17:33:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T17:33:06","slug":"celestial-music-from-paul-affloter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/curiosities-and-oddities\/celestial-music-from-paul-affloter\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Celestial Music&#8221; from Paul Affolter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Affolter&amp;apos;s &quot;Celestial Music&quot; via Walter Uphoff\" width=\"440\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ekprxQiSGRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A portion of &#8220;celestial&#8221; music that Paul Affolter recorded <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the summer of 1972, parapsychologists Walter and Mary Jo Uphoff visited Paul Affolter, a Swiss man who had recorded music under some odd circumstances. Affloter was interested in psychics and the paranormal, and during a s\u00e9ance with a young medium, Thomas Edison&#8217;s spirit was reportedly channeled. In broken German, Edison had instructed Affolter to modify his TV set a certain way. Affolter found that these modifications would allow him to hear strange music for several minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-style-default has-black-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#c5bed061\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#c5bed100\">&#8220;If the music came at 8 o&#8217;clock one day, for instance, it would come at about 7:50 the next day, 7:40 the next day, and so on. We [\u2026] observed that the fidelity was best when the moon was full or nearing full moon, and that the reception was poor when the moon was in its low phase. There were times when he would get music as little as 12 minutes and as much as 26 minutes. But on the average, he figures he got the music about 18 minutes per day[\u2026]&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Walter Uphoff, &#8220;Celestial Music,&#8221; 1981<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-14d7fe8f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/curiosities-and-oddities\/celestial-music-from-paul-affloter\/celestial-cassettes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_7070-2-997x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Two cassette tapes next to cassette cases and printed paper slips.\" class=\"wp-image-2904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_7070-2-997x1024.jpg 997w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_7070-2-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_7070-2-768x789.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_7070-2-1495x1536.jpg 1495w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/garrett\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_7070-2-1994x2048.jpg 1994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this cassette tape, Walter and Mary Jo Upoff present some excepts of the music Affolter recorded along with their own thoughts on the context surrounding the music. Walter Uphoff asserts at the beginning of cassette 2, &#8220;We are sure that it is different from any other music you are likely to have heard before.&#8221;<br><br><em><strong>Click <\/strong>on the image of the cassettes for a closer look<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/curiosities-and-oddities\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"870\">\u2190 Back to &#8220;Other Curiosities&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the summer of 1972, parapsychologists Walter and Mary Jo Uphoff visited Paul Affolter, a Swiss man who had recorded music under some odd circumstances. 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