ChouCho Acoustic Live 'naked garden' vol.5 Official Report
『ChouCho Acoustic Live"naked garden"vol.5』is an acoustic live by ChouCho which held for the 5th time until this year. This time was held in HAKUJU HALL at February 16, 2019. Until this time, she performance in live house, and it became the first hall performance which mad the concert's atmosphere completely different
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It's an acoustic live to make you soaked in splendor of music
Next “naked garden” will be holding at Osaka in May 12.
The "naked garden" which started from 2 years ago by ChouCho's own dissemination "I want to do an acoustic live!" finally reach
the fifth time. Moreover, this time the concert had held at the hall which is also her dream. The overnight is healed by pleasant
performance and singing voice made.
When the hall turns in dark, the stage is wrapped in candle orange light. And a big applause occurred when ChouCho appears on the stage with white costume. Because it is an accoustic live, the band was formed by Piano (Jun Murayama), violin (Shohei Yoshida) and percussion (Yoichi Kuwazako). After a momentary silence, live started from ChouCho's voice. At 「Aria」, the audiences get to intoxicated with the tone of clear vocals and the timber of violin. When becoming acoustic, the drama in the song be more clearly to understood, such as feeling rising gradually in second half just like the audiences can feel the breath of whole band, that's very interesting. With the harmony of piano ChouCho started to sing 「Authentic symphony」, and in interlude showed passionate performance. With the harmony of piano ChouCho started to sing 「Authentic symphony」, and in interlude showed passionate performance. The following up tempo number 「Yasashisa no Riyu」executed the call & response "何度でも" (many time) which is standard in live. There was also a scene that when ChouCho aimed microphone to audience, the audiences responded instantly. Unlike usual, this time the concert was held in a magnificent hall which the atmosphere made the audience be perplexed, so the call & response is look like a performance with message to make those audiences relax and enjoy the concert.
After MC, she performed 「Orange-iro」from her new single. Cello is more impressive in original song, but this time violin is stands out for the whole story, and it was able to enjoy the unique arrange in acoustic live. However, the feeling of youth in the song is still there, and there were many places to touch the emotion. Next song「Wonder Tail」just like the original song and able to enjoy and easily to get into. After the cool performance, she tells the feelings for this live “With the high quality sound of music and the great performances, I would like to deliver the acoustic's unique raw music with expressions only can heard today.”
In addition, in「Ano Sorani Kaeru Miraide」the atmosphere was completely different with the original song, at first chorus only vocal with piano, from 2 chorus, percussion joined to the song sounded comfortably bass sound, and the last chorus when violin joined, the atmosphere of song is getting expanding. All of those performance exactly are the performances only can hear today. The straight sounded and echoed vocal are really wonderful. Meanwhile, in「ANDANTE」, the sound presents the feeling like painfulness or tingling. In「Usubeni no Tsuki」, it seemed that really to be visible the sky above the stage, and the heart was emotionally by ChouCho's vocal becoming gradually emotional. The 3 songs make us realize just the “Possibility of music”.
And next is a cover corner. In “naked garden”, ChouCho was always listen to the request then sing it on the spot, but this time, she selected 2 songs to perform. First of all, She singing the「木蘭の涙」from Stardust Revue with piano, it is a song her father frequently, and she finally understood the deeply meaning of lyrics when she becoming adult. To feeling the lyrics, she singing with her breathing, the last part of song's emotions is overflowing which it can only be done by singing with piano. In addition, she selected MeloCure's「Agapē」from anisong. This song was covered by band style. It seems that she is familiar with the song that she sang at other live, the masterpieces of anisong written and composed by Ritsuko Okazaki was sing emotionally.
At the last part of live, the whole audiences' tension were raised instantly by「flyleaf」,with full of speeding 「Kawarumirai」and magnificent「kaleidoscope」, the live is coming to the climax. Because it is an acoustic live that you can listen carefully, how the strong or weak of voice, and how her put emotions into lyrics, to invite your inspiration with singing that more impresses the senses of the heart. In addition, 「I was able to become a singer and fulfill my dream, but it is not only enjoyable to work with music, also there are many things to worry about and anxiety. However, there are people who will come to live like this and that supportive of my mind, I will try my best because meet with you. And the last song is a song made that thought of everyone who is supporting with me.」she said, and singing the last song of concert「searchlight」. Just like she said, it is a song that sang the connection with fans, and you can feel that all the feeling from her heart are included in the lyrics. It was beautiful to choose it as the last song of a dreamily hall solo concert, and the big applause that does not stop ringing after the song ended, just like to tell a story that the feeling from her had received by her fans. It was a song that truly transmitted directly to the mind.
To response the big applause, the encore is started from the newest song「Kaze no Solfe」which is also the insertion song of TV anime “TSURU-NE [KAZEMAI High School Japanese Archery Club]”. In her song, with a bit sad but still can feeling that the hope is in somewhere. After that song, the song you can just feel it make you step forward and feel that you can become happier, ChouCho start MC with a little relax face. To introduce the official goods, and announced that “naked garden” vol.6 will be hold in her home town OSAKA's Flamingo the Arusha at May 12! 「Ticket information will be released shortly, so if possible, I hope you can check my official wesite “EVERYDAY”」to make a laughing from the fans, and at last to tell everyone that how she gratitude that people come to the concert and those people make the concert can be continued. And said that「I would like to make the concert “Everyone wants to come every time!”」, with the last song of encore「piece of youth」, Gently and softly singing voice with the performance echoing in the hall, and finished the first acoustic live at the hall. To healing and impress by the song, the heart fluttered 2 hours are just like blink of the eye. It was a live make you feeling the splendor and possibilities of music.
SET LIST
01.Aria
02.Authentic symphony
03.Yasashisa no Riyu
04.Orange-iro
05.Wonder Tail
06. Ano Sorani Kaeru Miraide
07.ANDANTE
08.Usubeni no Tsuki
09.木蘭の涙(Stardust Revue's cover)
10.Agapē(MeloCure's cover)
11.flyleaf
12. Kawarumirai
13.kaleidoscope
14.searchlight
encore
01. Kaze no Solfe
02.piece of youth
Information
ChouCho PROFILE
ChouCho, who had been receiveing high popularity and support of over 1 million playbacks in Nico Nico Douga's “Singing” video, and made major debuted in summer 2011, with the OP theme song “Kwarumirai” of TV anime “Heaven's Memo Pad”. Also in charge of lot of popular anime theme songs, such as 『Mashiro-Iro Symphony』,『Hyou-ka』、『Girls und Panzer』and etc. In fall of 2012, she made the first solo concert tour successful, and in December 2013 released the long-awaited second album「secretgarden」. In 2016, she released her first best album as a memorial 5 th anniversary since her debut. 23 out of 24 songs are anime and game tie-up songs which made the best album unusual, and reach the highest ranked number 13 in the Oricon. In addition, she held a nationwide tour through 5 locations with the best album, and it was a great success. In 2017, released 3 title of single, and also released 3 rd album in 2018, until now, she released 17 singles and 4 albums. Natural and glossy singing voice regardless of the genre is highly appreciated, to appearance of overseas animation events, high resolution distribution, etc. And expected to continue to active in a wide range of music since from now on
