New York / Miami · Disco, Funk & Soul · Jazz & Lounge
Maurice Bernstein
Co-founder of Giant Step, the club that introduced America to Daft Punk. Strictly vinyl: rare soul, funk, jazz and early disco.
- Giant Step
- Daft Punk
- Nuyorican Soul
- Gilles Peterson
- EDITION Hotels
- W Hotels
- Virgin Hotels
- House of Yes
- Le Bain
- Samsung
- ABSOLUT
- Intel
- Clio Awards
About
Maurice Bernstein is the co-founder and CEO of Giant Step, the award-winning New York music company that began in 1990 as a weekly party called Groove Academy. Raised in the north of England on Northern Soul, he landed in New York in the late 1980s and built Giant Step into the underground club where Daft Punk, Massive Attack, Jamiroquai and Digable Planets made early American appearances, then into a record label (Nuyorican Soul, Ron Trent, Gilles Peterson) and a creative agency that has worked with Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Janelle Monáe, EDITION Hotels, Samsung, Intel and ABSOLUT, winning Clio awards along the way.
After a long hiatus he was persuaded to DJ again. He now plays regularly in New York, Brooklyn and Miami, with sets at Spiritland in London and alongside Gilles Peterson on Worldwide FM.
Strictly vinyl, his sets lean into rare soul, funk, jazz and early disco: the record collection of someone who lived it, for rooms that love great music rather than the usual DJ set.
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Who is Maurice Bernstein?
Maurice Bernstein is the co-founder of Giant Step, the New York club, label and agency that introduced America to Daft Punk, Massive Attack and Jamiroquai, and a vinyl-only DJ based between New York and Miami. He grew up in the north of England and has been in New York since the late 1980s.
Where has Maurice Bernstein played?
Giant Step parties at SOB's, Shine, Le Bain and Central Park SummerStage over three decades; Spiritland in London; Worldwide FM with Gilles Peterson; and private events, hotels and listening rooms in New York, Brooklyn and Miami.
What music does Maurice Bernstein play?
Rare soul, funk, jazz and early disco, played strictly on vinyl. Sets that reward listening and still move a room.
What kind of event suits Maurice Bernstein?
Dinners, cocktail hours, hotel and members' club programming, gallery openings and private parties where the host wants a real selector rather than a hits DJ.
Does Maurice Bernstein travel?
Yes. He is based between New York and Miami and has played in Europe and Japan.
How do I book Maurice Bernstein?
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