KDOT Records announces JUMP REMIX WINNERS EP

KDOT Records announces JUMP REMIX WINNERS EP

Two breakthrough producers debut on the Melbourne label after winning the imprint's first remix competition. Out 5 June via KDOT Records.

Melbourne label KDOT Records returns with the Jump Remix Winners EP — a four-track release built around two new interpretations of label co-founder Kalus's iconic 2025 cut Jump, by competition winners Martin Fuse and Wave Cooper. The EP marks the official debut for both producers on KDOT, and is the first wave of the label's expanding roster ahead of its January 2027 international vinyl release.

THE COMPETITION

Earlier this year, KDOT opened the floor: producers worldwide were invited to remix Jump — a track that has become synonymous with Melbourne's underground electronic scene since its 2025 release. The brief was simple. Honour the original. Make it your own. Hundreds of submissions arrived from across Australia, Europe, North America and Asia. Two stood apart.

THE WINNERS

Martin Fuse leads the EP with a peak-time reinterpretation that strips Jump back to its rhythmic spine before rebuilding it with a darker, percussive intent — built for late-night main rooms and 4am dance floors. The remix announces Fuse as a producer with serious sonic discipline.

Wave Cooper takes the opposite tack, opening Jump out into a melodic-progressive expanse: extended pads, fuller harmonic movement, a slow-burn arc that earns its peaks. It's the kind of remix that lands at sunrise sets and on radio shows looking for something with weight.

WHY IT MATTERS

The Jump Remix Winners EP is more than a remix package. It's the first formal signing wave for KDOT Records — co-founded in 2025 by Kalus and longtime collaborator Noel Stallbaum on the principle that a label's job is to support and amplify raw talent. With Fuse and Cooper now part of the roster, KDOT begins its evolution from a producer-led imprint into a curated home for the next generation of melodic techno and progressive artists.

WHAT'S NEXT

The EP arrives ahead of KDOT's flagship moment: a limited 100-unit hand-numbered vinyl edition of Jump dropping in January 2027, featuring remixes from French electronic veteran Eric Laville alongside Australian peers Dean Del and Reece Low. The vinyl release lands the same week Kalus headlines Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne (sold out, 15,000+ tickets, 30 January 2027) — a single-night convergence of the artist, the label, and the wider Melbourne underground.

FROM THE LABEL

"The Jump remix competition was about finding the producers who don't just sound like everyone else. Martin and Wave brought something honest to the brief — they treated the original with respect and then took it somewhere. That's exactly the kind of artist KDOT is built to support."