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Earth, Be Still
Album / Aug 29, 2026
MakiNC's third full-length album — five tracks of modern rock and shoegaze haze trading open confrontation for quiet reckoning, her most controlled record yet.
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NovaChord
NovaChord is a human-directed virtual music label from Tokyo, exploring where human emotion meets machine-born sound.
Through fictional artist personas, genre-defying releases, and visual storytelling, we create music as a new form of resonance.
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MakiNC · Album · Aug 2026
Earth, Be Still
Five tracks of modern rock and shoegaze haze tracing what it takes to stand still when everything around you keeps moving — MakiNC's most controlled record yet.
01 / Listen
Start With The Sound.
NovaChord creates immersive music experiences through a hybrid process: human direction shapes the emotion, while AI opens unexpected textures, structures, and sonic possibilities.
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Selected Releases
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I'm LanaNC
Album / Aug 6, 2026
LanaNC's seven-track debut album — contemporary R&B and Modernist Soul moving through digital distance, memory, unspoken truth, self-mercy, and renewal.
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Blue Without Borrowing
EP / Jul 10, 2026
NaoNC's five-song EP tracing the quiet emotional arc of a woman who falls into a love she cannot fully claim — modern R&B, ambient soul, and restrained alternative J-pop.
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Voices In The Archive
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MiraNC
A modern soul vocalist defined by whispered proximity and quiet emotional intensity.
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LanaNC
Sophisticated and lyrical, shaping modern soul through intellectual grace and restrained emotional depth.
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BillieNC
A smoky, warm modern soul vocalist whose layered sound lingers long after the track ends.
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NoahNC
A warm, emotionally grounded modern soul voice — unhurried and rooted in honest feeling.
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NaoNC
Intellectual and creative, approaching music as a form of still, quiet introspection.
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Notes For Human Feeling.
2026.08.29
MakiNC — Earth, Be Still Out Now
MakiNC's third full-length album Earth, Be Still is now available on Apple Music, Spotify, and all major streaming platforms. Five tracks moving from fever and static to quiet reckoning, the record captures MakiNC's most controlled modern rock statement yet — beauty under pressure, resolved into stillness.
2026.08.06
LanaNC — I'm LanaNC Out Now
NovaChord presents I'm LanaNC, the seven-track debut album from LanaNC. Moving through digital distance, memory, honesty, self-mercy, and renewal, the album blends contemporary R&B with Modernist Soul, layered vocal harmonies, and warm organic textures. Now available on Spotify, Apple Music, and all major streaming platforms.
2026.07.10
NaoNC releases the new EP "Blue Without Borrowing"
NovaChord feat. NaoNC presents Blue Without Borrowing, a five-song EP exploring adult love, separation, and the quiet strength of choosing oneself. Through modern R&B, ambient soul, and English-Japanese hybrid lyrics, the release turns an impossible relationship into a poetic journey of emotional return.
2026.07.08
Rica — Noise Out Now
Rica's second two-track single Noise is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, and major streaming platforms. Featuring 未完の旗 and Noise, the release expands Rica's modern J-pop / J-rock identity with sharp guitars, punchy rhythms, and a confident vocal presence that turns city static into forward motion.
2026.07.01
NoahNC — The Shape of What Remains Out Now
NovaChord proudly presents NoahNC's debut EP, "The Shape of What Remains." Through five deeply personal Modernist Soul songs, the record explores the psychology of loss, memory, and emotional integration. Now streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, and major music platforms worldwide.
2026.06.23
Rica — Rock 'n' Rica Out Now
Rica's new two-track EP Rock 'n' Rica is now available on Spotify and major streaming platforms. Built on crunchy guitars, punchy rhythm sections, and a bright, confident vocal presence, the release introduces Rica as one of NovaChord SIDE-B's sharpest pop-rock voices.
2026.06.19
BillieNC — After the Candle Burns Out Now
BillieNC's debut EP After the Candle Burns is now available on Apple Music, Spotify, and all major streaming platforms. Across five tracks of Modernist Soul, BillieNC turns candlelight, rain, smoke, and memory into a world of smoky intimacy. Warm Rhodes, brushed drums, upright bass, and close-mic vocals create a late-night sound that lingers long after the final note.
2026.06.15
MiraNC — Whisper Geometry Out Now
MiraNC's debut EP Whisper Geometry is now available on Apple Music, Spotify, and all major streaming platforms. Five tracks of Modernist Soul — shaped by breath, silence, and the fragile architecture of feeling.
2026.06.10
Site Redesign — Now Live
NovaChord's website has been redesigned from the ground up. Cleaner structure, expanded artist profiles, full discography pages, and an improved listening experience across all devices.
2024.01.31
Website Launch
NovaChord began as an official web archive for AI-assisted music, releases, artist profiles, and label information.
05 / Vision
The Future Of Music Is Co-Created.
NovaChord is a creative universe where human emotion and AI-assisted sound design resonate as one.
Founded by Japanese digital creator and producer cohkun, NovaChord creates genre-defying music experiences through fictional artist personas, visual storytelling, and AI-assisted composition.
We do not use AI to replace feeling. We use it to discover new ways for feeling to become sound.