Artist Series: Aural Imbalance, Pt. II

Simon Huxtable started producing music in 1997 with friend and fellow producer Dave Parkinson who had their debut release on new local atmospheric Drum and Bass label Cadence Recordings under the name of Innervations. Simon and Dave also worked under the name of TQ-One and in 1998 had some of their tracks signed to UK drum and bass label Ascendant Grooves.Simon started putting together his own studio in 1997 so he could begin his own solo projects. In 1998 he released his first solo EP on Cadence Recordings which was the Secret Sense EP, whilst still producing with Dave for Los Angeles based label Phatt Phunk and Ascendant Grooves.

At this stage Simon was getting known for his atmospheric style of production which focused more on soundscapes and atmospheres rather than much of the hard edged sound of drum and bass that was around at the time.This style began to gain momentum based on his growing reputation within the scene, as well as being a regular on local label cadence other labels such as New Directions, True Intent and 720 picked up on the sound and he released several tracks on these labels over a 2 year period, through out this time Simon also worked with other popular producers on the scene under the guises of Equation of state, Concentric Flow and Deep Space Organisms.

In 2000 Cadence released ‘Different Perspective’ which brought together many of these collaborations as well as original Aural Imbalance t racks on one album, this received a fantastic response from the Drum and Bass scene with excellent reviews in the music press.Whilst still retaining the atmospheric, musical style that Simon had become renowned for, he began diversifying his production style and started producing tracks in different genres such as house and breaks as well as Drum and Bass.In 2000, Mr. Huxtable also had his first house release on Within Records which was fast becoming a very popular label within the house scene. This led to six future releases on the la