Giant Step scores Gold & Silver Cannabis Clios
Giant Step was awarded two Cannabis Clios for its groundbreaking film for CBD company Charlotte’s Web.
Maurice Bernstein on the "Sounds Like…” Podcast
Listen to Giant Step CEO and Jules Brooks, his old friend and Managing Director of the awarding-winning music school Point Blank, have a conversation about community, music and social media. Check out the episode here!
BBC Radio 6 Celebrates the early Giant Step years
We got a nice surprise last Saturday morning when music legend Huey Morgan dedicated 30 minutes of his radio show to the early days of the Giant Step Club in New York. This was part of BBC Radio 6’s “All Day Rave 90s” weekend, and although I wouldn’t call ours a rave, Huey certainly nailed the vibe. He was around most weeks in the early days before his success with the band “The Fun Lovin' Criminals”. In this clip he, along with Colleen “Cosmo” Murphy, recall their memories. Check out the clip below and listen to the full episode here, Giant Step comes up 60 minutes in!
Our latest W Records Release, Presenting “Ádios Amor” by Elsa y Elmar
A few years ago Giant Step conceived and created a record label for W Hotels aptly named W Records. We released some beautiful music by the likes of Amber Mark, Perfume Genius, Roosevelt, Japanese Breakfast and Fifi Rong. Just before the lockdown in 2020 we started working with a very special and talented Colombian artist called Elsa y Elmar. Today we have finally released the first piece of music of our collaboration, a beautifully haunting cover of Christian Nodal’s classic “Ádios Amor”. We are donating our streaming royalties to La Casita de San Ángel in Mexico City, who work to find productive occupation for adults who face a lack of protection due to intellectual disabilities and / or neurological damage. Stream the new track here!
Giant Step CEO featured on “ImmaLetYouFinish” Podcast
Giant Step co-founder and CEO Maurice Bernstein was the guest on the podcast ImmaLetYouFinish with music industry veterans Courtney Anderson and Amy Linden. Maurice comes in at approximately 19 minutes, but we recommend you listen to the whole episode! Check it out here.
A New York Tale: Giant Step
In anticipation for July 1st’s official re-opening of Le Bain, our friends at The Standard sat down with Giant Step CEO Maurice Bernstein to look back on 30 years of live shows and parties with the top musicians and DJs of New York and beyond.
Read the Q+A here. (Photo by Monica Pineda)
Giant Step Presents: Le Bain Grand Reopening featuring DJ Ron Trent and Sinego!
New York is finally back and what better way to celebrate than a Giant Step party at Le Bain? It’s the official reopening of the club and we are doing it in style with Chicago legend and Giant Step alumni DJ Ron Trent. Plus the New York debut of Colombian born and Mexico City residing DJ and producer Sinego.
Capacity is limited so please RSVP and we look forward to seeing you on the dance floor!
Re-Introducing DONNIE’s
The Colored Section
DONNIE’s The Colored Section was originally released and executive produced by Giant Step CEO Maurice Bernstein in 2002 under Giant Step Records. A true indie effort, the record became a commercial and critical success with 50,000 units sold, accompanying radio play, and strong reviews. Following this success, Motown joined the venture and the album was re-released a year later. Now, in honor of the forthcoming 20th anniversary of its release, The Colored Section will be receiving a brand new digital deluxe edition, to be released on DSPs June 18, 2021 via Motown/UMe. Being reissued as part of the celebrations for Juneteenth, Pride and Black Music Month, the re-issue will include 16 bonus tracks, all streaming for the first time ever. You can read more about the album here pre-save the digital deluxe here.
Giant Step: A Journey into Music and Culture
Listen to our new podcast now on Apple, Spotify, or Amazon.
Back in late 2020, to celebrate our 30th anniversary, we started a weekly Instagram Live series. With the success of the interviews, we have decided to turn them into a podcast series called Giant Step: A Journey into Music and Culture. Our first season includes a variety of guests from the world of music, film, fashion, design, hospitality, television, and technology. We have interviews with the likes of singer Bebel Gilberto, DJ Gilles Peterson, rapper and activist TK Wonder, and many more. Starting May 12th, look out for new episodes every Wednesday.
Giant Step Virtual Film Festival
As part of Giant Step's 30th year celebration, we have curated a selection of films for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own home. Music is at the forefront of these cinematic portraits, and we hope you find as much inspiration in them as we have. The films we have chosen include the wild and wonderful documentary The Changin' Times of Ike White, the newly restored Jazz On A Summer's Day, plus documentaries on Studio 54, Grace Jones, and Fela Kuti. For a complete list and more information, please visit www.giantstep.net/filmfestival.
Okayplayer shares “A Brief But In-Depth History Of Legendary NYC Club Giant Step”
Okayplayer digs into the early days of the Giant Step Club with a new feature in support of our 30 year celebration. It includes interviews with those on the scene at the time: Giant Step’s Maurice Bernstein, co-founder Jonathan Rudnick, Mark Ronson, photographer Alice Arnold, the late music exec Gary Harris, Louie Vega , and resident DJs Jazzy Nice & Ron Trent.
Giant Step Scores Clio Win for W Records
W Records (for W Hotels) was recognized as one of the world’s top campaigns of the year and awarded bronze in Clio Music's “Integrated Campaign” category.
A brand that has always been committed to music, W Hotels tapped Giant Step back in 2017 to begin the roll out of an integrated music platform that ultimately became W Records.
It was truly a team effort and we are tremendously proud of the results and the money raised for such great causes.
Giant Step Named Among Top 100 Agencies
Event Marketer named Giant Step among its 2020 “It List” of the world’s top 100 event agencies, for a seventh consecutive year.
Behind the Design of W Records with Marriott Bonvoy Traveler
The team behind W Records recently sat down with Marriott Bonvoy Traveler’s Behind the Design podcast, which goes behind the scenes and features Marriott’s most innovative global initiatives.
The Times Square EDITION
Ian Schrager’s EDITION Hotels tapped Giant Step to produce the opening week concerts at the new Times Square EDITION in NYC. Evoking Studio 54 era magic, the star studded festivities kicked off with a surprise performance by Diana Ross and Nile Rodgers. Other highlights from the five day marathon of events included performances by Ms. Lauryn Hill, Sofi Tukker, Charli XCX, Francis and the Lights, Rev Run, Questlove and Q-Tip. Relive some of our favorite moments here…