Japanese wine and ambient music 1 (Introduction)
What might you be listening to when you drink wine?
When I drink wine alone at home, I listen to music on vinyl. Eventually, I came to believe that there is music that matches or does not match with wine, and it has the value of pairing, just like food.
I have always felt that Japanese wine and ambient music go well together.
⁂ Perhaps Japanese wine also goes well with fusion. but that's for another occasion
This time, let's focus on pairing wine with ambient music and consider it.
First of all, what is ambient music?
"Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes sound and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. It may have no net composition, beat, or structured melody. It uses layers of sound textures that enable passive and active listening and promotes a sense of tranquility and meditation. This genre is said to evoke qualities of "atmosphere," "visual," and "subdued" quality. It may include soundscape recordings of natural sound, and the sounds of acoustic instruments such as piano, strings, and flute that are synthesized by a synthesizer."
Perhaps the "subdued" quality mentioned in this definition or the emphasis on tranquility and meditation is similar to Japanese wine?
Please prepare a Japanese wine (Koshu)
https://mannswine-shop.com/SHOP/A76750.html
https://www.hombo.co.jp/marswine/
It has a delicate and refreshing taste with a slightly acidic and dry impression. It's crisp and easy to drink.
Pairing it with Brian Eno, one of the representative artists of ambient music, might be a good choice.
Here is a suggestion to start with.
Yeah, the pairing isn't bad, but for this music, a wine with less acidity would be better, I think...
For this, I feel like a wine with more depth and weight would be better.
Haha, this one is a perfect match for the acidity in the wine, isn't it?
Yoshimura Hiroshi is a great choice, and it goes really well with this too!
I see. This also goes well with it.
Try it out!
