Bowers & Wilkins ask this question and more to five of the Abbey Road team as part of their brand-new
For The Love Of Music series. First up is
Geoff Pesche, the mastering engineer behind
Gorillaz, Pulp and
Neneh Cherry and the man who cut the original vinyl lacquers for both
Blue Monday and
Brothers In Arms. He’s joined by Grammy Award-winner
Sean Magee, who has worked on projects for
The Beatles, Ramones and the
Sex Pistols, to name just three. Assistant engineer
Andy Maxwell co-engineered
Brockhampton’s US No 1 Album
Iridescence, and worked on the mix sessions for
Beyoncé and
Jay Z’s Everything Is Love. Marta Di Nozzi, our senior runner, has worked on projects for
Nile Rodgers and
Joe Bonamassa. And finally, there is Innovation Manager
Karim Fanous, who runs
Abbey Road Red, our innovation arm, exploring the future technologies that will shape the music industry.
In part one of the series, the group is asked the provocative question:
Is there no such thing as bad music?
