Last year he delivered his first new studio album in well over a decade, and with unreleased tracks under his LUCKY & EASY alias surfacing and his first album getting reissued, PUB — the charismatic IDM/electronica figure who still commands a cult following today — is back, this time on 12-inch! Recorded just a few months ago, the record brims with fresh inspiration. The hazy cosmic arpeggios and melodic sensibility that only pub can conjure are alive and well here, yet the whole thing feels like it burrows even deeper. "Rain For Rest (Boss K)" (sample1), a techno journey that scrambles the brain with detuned synths over an unabashedly direct melody, is simply exquisite. (Original Japanese text by Akie)