Alexander Skancke reissues The Mouth, four-track minimal-techno set returns to circulation

Minimal techno lives on repurposing, and Alexander Skancke’s The Mouth is a clean example of why a reissue can matter when the right remix is attached. The four-track set, DGS003, resurfaced on April 16, 2026 with three originals, Munn, Pearly Whites and Yes or No, plus DJ Fett Burger’s Simple Freak America Mix on Yes or No. That pairing gives the record a new club argument: the originals read like compact, functional tools, while the Fett Burger version pushes the material back into the kind of sets where repetition, swing and a small melodic turn can carry a room.

The distinction matters because The Mouth was not new music when it returned to circulation. It first came out on Det Gode Selskab on May 14, 2020 as a limited 12-inch, pressed on 180g black vinyl with full-colour varnished artwork. Germán Bardo handled the design, Mike Grinser at Manmade Mastering did the mastering, and the vinyl issue was cut and mixed with extra credits that underline the record’s small-run, hands-on life. Discogs also lists Michelle Grinser for lacquer cut and mastering, and credits Alexander Skancke for mixing on A1, A2 and B1.

That history places the EP squarely in the Oslo-Berlin circuit that has kept minimal techno moving through record stores, label nights and small-label infrastructure. Det Gode Selskab was founded in Oslo in 2011 by Tod Louie and Chris Solaris, and the outfit describes itself as a label, event series, club concept, collective, festival and record label. Its own framing, that one record played at the right time can move people and create new relationships, fits The Mouth neatly. The original issue already had that sort of utility, but the 2026 digital return gives it a second pass at the same job.

Skancke’s background explains why the record feels more like a working object than an archival curio. Resident Advisor and his own Bandcamp describe him as a Berlin-based DJ and producer born in Norway, with profiles linking him to Quirk and Woozy Norway. A 6AM profile said he had been collecting records since 2006 and worked at Bikini Waxx Records in Kreuzberg, while Jaeger Oslo noted Quirk’s growing presence in record stores and his time at Bikini Waxx. DJ Fett Burger’s remix extends that lineage. It does not just decorate the package, it repositions The Mouth for 2026 minimal sets, where a tight edit and a useful groove often beat novelty every time.