Steve Sutherland (DJ)

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Steve "Smooth" Sutherland (15 July 19?? – 10 July 2020) was a British DJ. He produced music in various genres, including R&B Hip Hop, 2 step vocals,

grime
.

DJ career and radio shows

Sutherland was a club DJ,

MOBO
Awards.

Sutherland got his first break in radio via an introduction from the then-

Choice FM
approached him in 2000. He then brought co-host Asha on board; the duo had one of the most successful shows on Choices' new sister station Choice 107.1, with two shows during the week. Sutherland quickly picked up on the craft of running a successful radio program and went on to guest-host other shows on Choice FM 96.9.

After only five months at Choice FM, he won his 1st best DJ award at the

Galaxy Yorkshire and Galaxy Digital
).

On 1 December 2008,

Galaxy Radio, suspended Sutherland along with his producer, after a number of listeners complained about offensive lyrics on a song played on his Saturday night show at 9:58 pm on 29 November 2008. The song was "Arab Money" by Busta Rhymes.[1] Following a one-week suspension and a full investigation, Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, deemed that Sutherland and Galaxy Radio were not in breach of industry codes or regulations. The report concluded that "the programme was not in breach of Rule 2.3"[2] and "noted that the practice of sampling content from a diverse range of sources is common in this genre of music."[3]

Sutherland's weekly shows on 'Galaxy FM' continued until the station network was rebranded

Capital FM
in 2011.

A founding DJ of urban club brand Twice As Nice, he held residencies at Pacha Ibiza, Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher and Cookies and Cream London.[citation needed]

Death

Sutherland died on 10 July 2020, just a few days before his birthday (15 July).[4]

Awards

  • 2000: Sutherland was voted winner of the "Best Club DJ" at the MOBO Awards in London.
  • 2002: Steve Sutherland was voted winner of the "Best Club & Radio DJ" at the MOBO Awards
  • 2004: Sutherland was voted winner of the "Best Club DJ" at the MOBO Awards
  • 2006: Sutherland was voted winner of the "Best Club & Radio DJ" at the MOBO Awards

References

  1. ^ Radio Today: Galaxy suspends Sutherland, Radiotoday.co.uk; accessed 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ Ofcom Report, Ofcom.org.uk; accessed 11 July 2020.
  3. ^ Steve Sutherland Ofcom suspension
  4. ^ DJ Steve Sutherland dies Birminghammail.co.uk Retrieved 12 July 2020.

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