From Root to Fruit:
In the Womb with MaMuse
By Ryan Laine
“We are falling, falling into the arms of faith.”
Melody lingers, forms a whisper and dims. The spell has been cast. As silence settles, a deep echo holds space within the sound booth. All is still, save the twinkling meter of a recorder. A presence surrounds the two women, their eyes closed, gently smiling as if still listening. What ears no longer hear is felt throughout the room.
It is a period of reverence,
of birth, and of passing. At its heart is MaMuse. The moment stretches and both women remain tuned in a meditation until the song has
much we practice, it just waits to come in when it’s ready. All we can do is stand here and open to it.” MaMuse’s second full-
completely left the room. As they turn to one another, smiles broaden into warm sighs, and they begin to laugh. Nearing the 20th take on a
late-night session, MaMuse has been warming up to this song for months. Sarah Nutting plays upright bass on “Arms of Faith” and has been with the lyrics since October. “No matter how
length album, Strange and Wonderful,
is days from completion. Each song is a meticulously recorded live performance, yet the studio is as tranquil as the forest surrounding it. Acceptance rings through the music, but to MaMuse, it’s a labor of pruning and puzzling, of gestation and patience. “It’s different from a clean
take when there is life in it,” notes instrumentalist and alto-soprano Karisha Longanker. “We’ll listen back and say, ‘Oh sure, it’s a clean take but is it alive?’”
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