Michael Romanowski Adds Sixth Grammy Win
Coast Mastering’s Michael Romanowski mastered both the immersive and stereo versions for Justin Gray’s “Immersed” album release
Six-time Grammy®-winning engineer Michael Romanowski added his latest win for mastering the “Immersed” album by artist Justin Gray. The album won Best Immersive Audio Album in 2026, Romanowski mastered both the immersive and stereo formats for the release. As Chief Engineer and owner at Coast Mastering in Berkeley, CA., Romanowski has eleven Grammy nominations overall with two Best Engineered Album, Classical Grammys for stereo mastering on Mason Bates’ “Philharmonia Fantastique” and Chanticleer’s “Chanticleer Sings Christmas.” Over the past 30 years, Romanowski has mastered more than 4,000 albums from a wide variety of artists including George Strait, Fantastic Negrito, Bonnie Raitt, Alicia Keys, Prince, The Grateful Dead, and Tom Petty. The Coast Mastering studio features a host of Focal speakers surrounding his mastering console including Focal Stella Utopia EM for the main front channels, and Focal Diablo Utopia EM for six of the surrounds.