Tokyo's Coolest Sound

Out now is a 2nd soundtrack album for NHK's popular educational TV program "Design Ah" (「デザインあ」) for which all the music is by Cornelius! Featured are vocals by Chocolat, Aoba Ichiko, Harada Ikuko (clammbon), Hanaregumi, KAKATO (Tamaki ROY x Chinza Dopeness), Cibo Matto, Arto Lindsay, jan and naomi, and Sakamoto Maaya.

Released at the same time is a first Blu-ray/DVD of 90 minutes of popular footage from the show, selected from its its 7 years of broadcasts! Find details below.

For big fans of the show, there are also two books that were published this month: "'Design Ah' miru hon" (a book to look at) and activity book "'Design Ah' kaku hon" (a book to write).

A "Design Ah Exhibition" is being held at the Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design until May 20. It will also be shown in Tokyo at Miraikan from July 19 to October 18, 2018. Find details here.

Cornelius will go to Europe in June, appearing at Field Day Festival in London on June 2, and then at Sonar Festival in Barcelona from June 14 to 16. Don't miss his great show for recent album "Mellow Waves"!

Cornelius "NHK 'Design Ah' 2"
Cornelius 「NHKデザインあ2」

1. asa no 5funban Theme
2. Design Ah no Theme (Vocal: Chocolat)
3. tezawari uta (Vocal: Aoba Ichiko)
4. Design no kengaku
5. dōsen uta (Vocal: Oyamada Keigo (Cornelius))
6. na-n da?
7. kangaeteinai
8. sen (Vocal: Harada Ikuko)
9. Un Deux Trois
10. ura omote
11. na-n da?
12. tsunageru (Vocal: Hanaregumi)
13. shimau
14. ore ga aitsu de aitsu ga ore de
15. tanuki shisho
16. medetai - daruma (Vocal: KAKATO (Tamaki ROY x Chinza Dopeness))
17. tsukuru
18. suton
19. garagara (Vocal: Cibo Matto)
20. nanya kanya
21. na-n da?
22. nokori
23. TIME (Vocal: Arto Lindsay)
24. Minchō san to Gothic san 2
25. shiwake
26. moji Hunting　(Vocal: jan and naomi)
27. na-n da?
28. Minchō san to Gothic san
29. tomoru hikaru (Vocal: Sakamoto Maaya)
30. na-n da?
31. Ending Theme

Warner Music WPCL-12842
Out 3/21, ¥2000 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Amazon, HMV, Tower Records ^†, (Japan ^‡), Far Side Music (UK)
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.
‡ How to buy from iTunes Japan?

"Design A" (Blu-ray/DVD)

1. Design no kansatsu
2. Design no kengaku
3. tsukuru
4. kaisan!
5. omottetan to chogau
6. gaman girigiri Line
7. uta: "Ah no Theme", "Design kazoeuta", "garagara", "dosen uta", "maru to shikaku", "medetai mizuhiki", "yajirushi Song", "SHOOT&EDIT", "TIME"
8. Design mondō
9. nai sekai
10. Simple Mark
11. shimau
12. ma ni awaseru
13. kurikaeshi
14. mon
15. Sound of Composition
16. sozai taisō daiichi
17. tanuki shisho
18. nanya kanya
19. nokori
20. Un Deux Trois
21. Clutch

Blu-ray edition (Region free)
NHK NSBS-22952
Out 3/23, ¥3300 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Amazon (26% off *), HMV (13% off *), Tower Records ^†
* Discount at time of writing
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

DVD edition (Region 2 NTSC)
NHK NSDS-22953
Out 3/23, ¥2800 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Amazon (18% off *), HMV (13% off *), Tower Records ^†
* Discount at time of writing
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.