Aural Imbalance
Introduction — Aural Imbalance is the stage name of Simon Huxtable. He is a Torbay (Devon), UK–based producer working across atmospheric drum and bass, jungle, liquid funk, breakbeat and breakcore.
Background — Public biographical detail about Huxtable’s early life and exact entry point into the scene is limited. What is verifiable: he has release credits stretching from the late 1990s to the present. Those credits show a steady presence as a producer across multiple labels and formats, which establishes his activity in the scene over several decades.
Musical style — Aural Imbalance’s work foregrounds atmosphere and detailed break work. Tracks typically combine reverb-drenched pads and stretched ambient layers with edited breaks and programmed drum parts. In his liquid-funk–leaning pieces you’ll hear warm sub-bass and smoother, rolling drums; in his jungle and breakbeat material the percussion is tighter and more chopped. Where breakcore elements appear, they manifest as rapid break edits and abrupt textural shifts rather than full-on noise overload. Signature elements across releases include layered atmospheres, pronounced midrange clarity on snares and hats, and a preference for textural depth over maximalist loudness.
Career and contributions — Simon Huxtable has released on labels including Spatial, Stasis Recordings and Cadence Recordings, and is credited on multiple albums, EPs and remixes dating from the late 1990s to the present. He is also active as a DJ and has published mixes and sets under the Aural Imbalance name. Those roles—producer of original material, remixer, and compiler of DJ mixes—are the concrete contributions he has made to the scene as documented in public credits.
Specific influences and connections — There are no widely published, verifiable statements listing Huxtable’s personal influences or named collaborators in the public record I can confirm. What is documented are the stylistic touchpoints in his releases: liquid-funk warmth, jungle/breakbeat breakwork, and occasional breakcore editing techniques that together define Aural Imbalance’s sonic footprint from the late 1990s to the present.
