Listen: Tessera Skies - "Droplet" (Lanterns On The Lake remix) [Premiere]

Speaking about the track, Paul from Lanterns On The Lake said: "Tessera Skies are a band I've been a fan of for some time, so it was a joy to be asked to remix "Droplet". The song is a real leap for them. They basically said 'do whatever you like'".

"The approach was to reinterpret what the song was saying musically, but keep the song intact, so you could still sing it, to focus in on the lyrics. That's what I went for with "Droplet". It's a wonderful song, full of heart and honesty and it's a big sounding epic tune. I felt it had a dark side lurking, so that's where it went."

The label, the recently-founded Mono, added their feelings as well as their wider hopes for the release:

"Mono has arisen as a response to a pretty stagnated, to non-existant scene. There are decent songwriters, solo artists & bands around, but it’s fragmented, not a “scene” as such. What we're trying to achieve is to create something exciting for artists locally, and just as importantly, the North, keeping an outrospective view, never introspective. And for that excitement to attract other artists and bands to the area, hopefully creating a new collaborative northern scene. A lot of promising bands from the area have recently split, maybe frustrated at the lacklustre scene at the time: this is negative, and we need to create some positivity."

"Droplet" is part of the debut release by the new northern label: a split 12" with Ajimal. Remixes are also to come from several 'Northern' artists, including Dutch Uncles and shArds. A launch party for the new label is happening this Saturday (November 29) at Newcastle’s Ernest.