A World Lit Only by Dub

After reforming in 2009, Godflesh released the 2014 EP Decline & Fall and the 2014 studio album A World Lit Only by Fire, both of which saw Japanese versions with bonus dub remixes.^[5][6] This combined with a history of in-house remixing (for example, 1997's Love and Hate in Dub) led to interviewers asking frontman Justin Broadrick if A World Lit Only by Fire would receive a fuller remix treatment.^[7][8] Broadrick first spoke publicly about A World Lit Only by Dub as early as 14 October 2014, a week after A World Lit Only by Fire's release and a decade before the remix album's release.^[7] He stated that the original intent of A World Lit Only by Dub was to explore the post-punk side of Godflesh's sound, and he planned to employ former Godflesh drummer Ted Parsons to provide live drumming.^[7][8] However, Parsons does not appear on the final release.^[4]

Broadrick characterized the five remixes on A World Lit Only by Dub as "extended mutated versions; exploring and pushing the inherently experimental nature of Godflesh, now finalised and somewhat re-contexdtualised 10 years later."^[4] Reviewers emphasised how "calling [the songs] remixes feels like something of a slight disservice" given how altered they are, featuring numerous new and rerecorded parts, entirely new structures and titles more reminiscent of new songs than remixes.^[1][2][3][9]

All songs written by Justin Broadrick.^[4]

Credits adapted from A World Lit Only by Dub liner notes.^[4]

• Justin Broadrick – guitars, vocals, machines, production
• Ben Green – bass