RUZE (@ruzeuk) join Kyle Walker on “6AM,” a new house single landing May 15, 2026 through Dub Or Die Records. The Birmingham duo bring their groove-led, vocal-focused house approach into a record built around quick drums, R&B vocal touches, sax details, and a warm late-night feel, pairing their UK foundation with Walker’s L.A.-rooted take on deep and melodic club music.
The release follows a run of momentum for RUZE across PIV, Hot Creations, BBC Radio 1 support, and their own Staff Only Records platform. Their sound has always leaned into soulful house, tight percussion, and vocal hooks, and “6AM” gives that identity a smooth summer setting while keeping enough drive for club systems.
In the conversation below, RUZE talk about their place inside house culture, the value of long-term consistency, and why feeling has become the central guide in their work. Their answers keep returning to the same idea: music needs to move them first before it can connect with a crowd. That perspective gives “6AM” useful context, since the record is built around the kind of feel-good, vocal-led house language they see as central to what RUZE represents.
Interview With RUZE
How do you define your role within the culture right now?
We have been blessed to grow up with a soulful, vocal-led house background from a young age, so we feel obliged to bring the feeling these tracks give into the expanding culture we have right now.
We are very passionate about pushing the kind of house music that gives you an uplifting, timeless feel. This is what defines RUZE. We are currently in a great position to help educate, develop, and unite people through this sound we love.
What has helped you prioritize long-term growth over short-term momentum?
The pendulum swings in weird and wonderful ways for each of us working in the music scene.
Consistency and a love for the music we are making have determined our long-term progress, alongside having solid foundations in what we are doing and why we are pushing the sound we believe in.
We always try to chase feeling rather than hype. This is probably the most important concept we have really taken on board recently. We are big on energy and frequencies, and we try to stay truthful and honest with our work. If it does not give us the right feeling, it will not translate to a crowd in a club.
Are there principles or daily practices that keep your work grounded over time?
Jimmy is a practicing Buddhist, which helps keep him focused and grounded in day-to-day life and decision-making. Curt has a similar mindset and tends to take a pretty no-nonsense approach to things, so we complement each other well.
Above anything else, we try to keep coming back to the feeling. It is easy to get distracted by trends, numbers, and noise in this industry, and our compass is always whether a record really moves us. If it does, we trust that feeling and follow it.
We have been around long enough to experience the highs and lows of the industry, so we have learned to stay focused on what is important: making music we believe in.
How do you stay responsive to the present while building toward the future?
The highlight of this Q&A for us is the focus on feeling. Having an ear for current trends, understanding and picking out the emotions they give, and then relaying those feelings into our own sounds and styles is how we stay responsive and relatable to listeners.
What kind of impact do you hope to have within the communities you are part of?
Kindness, warmth, and a connection to feel-good music are at the core of what we do, and bringing those emotions to our communities is what we believe is helping connect the dots between us and our fanbases.
The music we make is a reflection of our personalities, much like how a pet can be a reflection of its owner and their vibe.
We are building some momentum in the States right now, and it has been great to connect with our audiences through social media and engage with them about day-to-day life as well as music.
Thank you for having us.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
