COUNTDOWN LIVE 2014-2015 A Cirque de Minuit DVD/Bluray release 2015.04.08
 

『ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2014-2015 A Cirque de Minuit ~真夜中のサーカス~』
2014.04.08 in stores

Masterworks countdown concerts performed by ayumi hamasaki!
DVD includes the biggest end of year entertainment show at Yoyogi-National-First-Gymnasium.
The show was made in a world of "Midnight circus" and this is the only entertainment can be created by ayumi hamasaki performers.
She performed her famous song "Duty" which is rare to be sang at concerts, also "Zutto..." "Last minute" "Walk" and "Movin' on without you" which is a cover song of Hikaru Utada!
She brings her imagination to life with a creative aerial act, do not miss memorial countdown performances and very limited footages!!



DVD | AVBD-92226 | 5,800 yen
http://i.imgur.com/gNvSdwU.jpg
<DISC1>
01. Duty
02. Microphone
03. Energy Blasts
04. GAME
05. my name's WOMEN
06. 1 LOVE
07. End roll
08. Zutto...
09. Last minute
10. Tears
11. Walk
12. forgiveness
13. progress
14. SURREAL ~ evolution ~ SURREAL
15. NOW & 4EVA
16. Movin' on without you
17. XOXO
18. Lelio
19. Boys & Girls
20. how beautiful you are
21. Born To Be...
★ Documentary: Part 1
★ Documentary: Part 2
★ Documentary: Part 3

Blu-ray | AVXD-92227 | 6,800 yen
http://i.imgur.com/iHCXaBX.jpg
<DISC1>
01. Duty
02. Microphone
03. Energy Blasts
04. GAME
05. my name's WOMEN
06. 1 LOVE
07. End roll
08. Zutto...
09. Last minute
10. Tears
11. Walk
12. forgiveness
13. progress
14. SURREAL ~ evolution ~ SURREAL
15. NOW & 4EVA
16. Movin' on without you
17. XOXO
18. Lelio
19. Boys & Girls
20. how beautiful you are
21. Born To Be...
★ Documentary: Part 1
★ Documentary: Part 2
★ Documentary: Part 3

avex.jp/ayu

CDL preorder links

DVD http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/AVBD-92226

Blu-ray http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/AVXD-92227

Thanks! I pre-ordered the blu-ray one along with the new album's blu-ray.

I wanna see what the TA goods will look like, otherwise I'll wait for the OS release.

I hope it features some bonus content.

Definitely getting this countdown live cos it's pure awesomeness! April is gonna be a great month

The CDL was awesome indeed, but Ill wait for covers to decide whether to buy it or not

I want to know what TA Limited Goods the CDL will have too. Still ordered both Album w/BD+CDL BD from CDJapan. If I like the TA Limited I will cancel the CDL BD and order from TA.

Hope that they will announce everything soon!

no special bonus?

So, I watched part of this on YouTube. I am horrified at her performance. She isn't really singing, seems almost catatonic on stage, and isn't staying in key on very many of the songs. WTF HAPPENED?

For the TA special edition/goods, does any one know if TA members can buy on concert venues instead of ordering thru the TA shop? If can maybe will consider buying at venue instead

She improved, that's what happened. Watch her Forgiveness performance from this concert. Of course she messed up several songs, but overall it's a very decent show in terms of her vocals. We've heard far, far worse vocals from her than these.

HMV Japan preorder links

DVD http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/6268968

Blu-ray http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/6268969

What? This is one of her BEST CDLs to date! Vocally, it seems like she's never been better.

Agreed. I am so, so confused when people bash her vocals in the latest CDL--her improvement is insane. Her technique is so different and the last time she was that on-key was in, like, 2000 before she started having ear issues.

You can really tell she got a new vocal coach that knows what she's doing. No offense to Manaho, I suppose, but the improvement is so obvious after working with the woman who helps out all those Western pop artists.

If only she could do acrobatics/dance routine and still sing live like Pink.

^yeah!! I saw that one performance and it was insane!! Really awesome... Perhaps this tour? or next CDL? LOL Someone tweet that vid to ayu!!

I think people complain because there was a time when ayu's vocals were way over filtered. (extreme example CDL 2013-14 and premium tour) Now we're hearing ayu live, without filters thanks to her successful vocal lessons. I think some might have gotten used to the filters. :yes


XOXO TROLL

Pinks concert was on tv a few weeks ago here and my god she can do the acrobatics/dance so well. But I think ayu would need to work on her muscles if she want to do it like pink

at this point I don't want ayu to looks like Pink... cute princess with muscules? :eh:

Damn lol

I think we are safe from muscular ayu :P

Yeah, Pink is really impressive, but that's not what I meant. Pink is singing live during acrobatics/dance while Ayu usually doesn't. I personally would rather watch Ayu just standing still but singing live. Ayu's acrobatics are cool of course but they come with a price.
I know a lot of fans come to Ayu's concerts to see a big show and they don't care about live vocals that much. For me music always comes first, I'm addicted to live vocals:-) That's why I like to go to several concerts of the same tour.

Ayu has just posted 3 Performance videos (short ver) on her official chanel in Youtube:
Movin' on without you :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID0yREU7VT8
Zutto ... :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZbfYWei1QQ
Last minute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QukiZlJ8CoY

I don't like the vocal on Movin' on without you and Zutto .... Her vocal is weak, isn't it ?
In the other hand, the color from the videos is very good... Last minute is OMG, extremely excellent ...

they had better and lower bass on preview of CDL than short version of Movin' on without you :no

She's soooo beautiful. I love Last Minute performance.
I don't like the slow motion effect they put when filming the crowd or the dancers

Oh, as for the "weak vocals", the cdl was filmed on the 31st so i guess she was a little tired, iirc people said that her vocals on that day weren't as good as the 29th or 30th, i saw a short video of a performance of movin' on without you and the vocals were far better than those of the video.

Woah almost a million views on the Movin' on without you perfomance, while Zutto... and Last minute ones barely reach two thousand.

The power of a good cover lol.

^or people want to know if she sang it live well.
I wasn't too fond of her rendition and I like it less how she sang it live.

The cm made me feel like it was in a magical place <3
I know there are filters. She either sounds too out of breath or she makes that
stupid cutesy voice. But overall everything looks amazing.

This ruined (even more) S~e~S and MOWY -_-''

Actually, there are two different Movin' on ones. However, the DVD/BD one for Movin' on has more views than Last minute and Zutto... combined but not by much.

Editing looks AMAZING.

It seems that the slaughter of Ayu's voice by autotune is finished totally. I was afraid to get the same horrible editing than the PSC.

covers
http://i.imgur.com/TaAK8x0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tb03mxx.jpg

the photoshop job is not perfect...she really need to hire a new graphic designer...

but well..at least we get different cover, not just a screencaps cover...

All the parts of the "documentary" will be on the DVD and Blu-ray.

I hope they include more footage than we have seen so far.

Those lips, ergh.

Fish lips aren't ever going away, are they? ;)

^Next time we go to purikura, we must all do fish lips and show our teeth. I'm just... I can't... why?!

Those lips @@

page from Dream Paper
http://i.imgur.com/66bctSe.jpg
3 parts of documentary and seems they will be the same with TA/youtube videos

Now that the CDJapan stuff is in shipping progress I can't wait to watch this in full HD on my TV it slayed so hard even in really low quality (didn't download the HD rip from JPS just the LQ one)

My friend got his DVD (Japan)... I'm just waiting for the download link from Jpopsuki...
Waiting is so painful :((

:devilish:devilish:devilish I need it noooow :>

Oh man, I cannot wait to get my hands on the Blu-Ray of this! This one especially looks good and has a lot of my favourites in it!!!

They are selling CDL (and some other older ones) at iTunes:
http://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1021067

Was watching the credits for this... at one point she's on the DJ platform and almost falls due to it being slippery! AT05**'s wet floor reborn~

^ i think it's AT05? My Story?

Yes, it was that. I remember her hair now. The STEP you hair.

I think they may have replayed it during an MC for AT06 which is why I mixed it up...

for those who need it, CDL booklet scans >> http://ayufan.com/blog/?p=13435

I'm listening right now to the audio rip and I'm really amazed at Zutto..'s performance. She need to release a studio version of the new Duty version.

Did ayu left out any song from the DVD/Blu-ray release?

i just re-watched my name's WOMEN and noticed that Emi and Lico does not fit in that song at all imo :no they just don't have that right attitude for it like the dancers before, Midori (?) looks amazing tho!

i really like Emi, she's really nice gurl but she's not for this choreography

i don't like ayu's new dancers in general including those annoying acrobats. I miss the old crew.:yes

Can someone actually make a dancer timeline with their photos or something? That'd be really helpful.

I think Midori is the most senior dance crew now...I think she has been around since 2001 or 2002