℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| Released | November 6, 2015 |
| Duration | 47m 31s |
| Record Label | ECM Records |
| Genre | Jazz |
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1.1
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First Sorrow
Food |
3:06 | |||
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1.2
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Where Dry Desert Ends
Food |
4:18 | |||
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1.3
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This Is Not A Miracle
Food |
4:08 | |||
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1.4
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The Concept Of Density
Food |
2:55 | |||
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1.5
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Sinking Gardens Of Babylon
Food |
4:22 | |||
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1.6
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Death Of Niger
Food |
3:44 | |||
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1.7
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Exposed To Frost
Food |
3:28 | |||
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1.8
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Earthly Carriage
Food |
6:55 | |||
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1.9
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Age Of Innocence
Food |
4:27 | |||
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1.10
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The Grain Mill
Food |
5:00 | |||
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1.11
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Without The Laws
Food |
5:08 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"... seductively groove-inclined ... delicate brush hisses, pattering footstep sounds, flaring echo guitar chords and tense hip-hop fidgets partner ambient drones. Ballamy’s tenor is as stately and Coltrane-like as a train-rhythm chatter ..."
- The Guardian
"Four Stars ... the sum of the parts here is more important than the individual pieces in that there is an organic flow and feel to the album when taken in its entirety. Like well-trained athletes, these players have a way of making it all sound easier than it is. This is Not A Miracle is not a miracle, in fact. What it is however, is another mindful collection of compositions that look at jazz music with an open mind and equally open process."
- All About Jazz
Food, the British/Norwegian electronic duo of Iain Ballamy and Thomas Strønen, is joined again by Austrian guitarist and electronics player Christian Fennesz on this album of powerful grooves, evocative textures and exploratory improvisation, sometimes hypnotically insistent, sometimes turbulent. Strønen describes the sound of This Is Not A Miracle as "heavier, drier, connecting more with how we actually sound live."
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM Records Studio Masters
Recorded June 2013 at Holand Sound, Oslo Recording producer: Thomas Strønen Engineer: Ulf Holand Mixed February 2015 at Holand Sound, Oslo, by Ulf Holland, Manfred Eicher and Thomas Strønen Mastered at MSM Studio, München, by Manfred Eicher and Christoph Stickel Cover photo: Knut Bry Liner photo: Nadia F. Romanini Design: Sascha Kleis
Recorded June 2013 at Holand Sound, Oslo Recording producer: Thomas Strønen Engineer: Ulf Holand Mixed February 2015 at Holand Sound, Oslo, by Ulf Holland, Manfred Eicher and Thomas Strønen Mastered at MSM Studio, München, by Manfred Eicher and Christoph Stickel Cover photo: Knut Bry Liner photo: Nadia F. Romanini Design: Sascha Kleis
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.29 -0.95 to 0.00 | -18.52 -20.45 to -16.01 | -16.85 -19.00 to -14.80 | 12 11 to 13 | |
| 1 | First Sorrow | -0.78 | -20.45 | -18.8 | 12 |
| 2 | Where Dry Desert Ends | 0.00 | -16.01 | -14.8 | 11 |
| 3 | This Is Not A Miracle | -0.31 | -18.14 | -17.3 | 11 |
| 4 | The Concept Of Density | -0.15 | -17.14 | -15.9 | 11 |
| 5 | Sinking Gardens Of Babylon | -0.03 | -17.42 | -14.8 | 11 |
| 6 | Death Of Niger | -0.31 | -19.87 | -17.9 | 12 |
| 7 | Exposed To Frost | -0.08 | -17.78 | -15.4 | 11 |
| 8 | Earthly Carriage | -0.95 | -19.40 | -18.4 | 12 |
| 9 | Age Of Innocence | -0.46 | -19.66 | -17.7 | 11 |
| 10 | The Grain Mill | -0.10 | -19.94 | -19.0 | 13 |
| 11 | Without The Laws | 0.00 | -17.90 | -15.3 | 12 |