Grammy Consideration
Vladimir Cetkar
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Best Pop Solo Performance
Best Remixed Recording
Let Us Be (2025)
Release date: JAN 2025 / Label: Harmonia Productions LLC
All compositions, arrangements and production by Vladimir Cetkar
“In a world where everyone has the ability to make noise and call it music, it is so refreshing to know there are still a few people really making music. Vladimir, you always put a smile on my face. I can not wait to see what happens when the world discovers what I already know, that you were born to create great music, and you strive to take us all to places we have never been… Someday history may note how an older dude was poked out of his tree and inspired by the amazing talents of a young man. Thank you for reminding me what passion is.”
Patrick Adams
(Legendary American music arranger and record producer affiliated with Salsoul Records, Prelude Records and Major Records Labels. He earned 32 gold and platinum records.)
“Killer tunes that will wow fans of Incognito, Jamiroquai, Mama’s Gun, EW&F, Chic, and Quincy Jones, with extraordinary guitar playing straight from George Benson! Equipped with horns and strings, the exquisite band groove shows the height of sophistication, and invites you on a supreme urban trip once again!
Vladimir Cetkar is back after five years, and he’s now at the peak of his career.”
Kanazawa Toshikazu
(P-Vine, Japan)
“There’s no doubt that the multi-instrumentalist (and singer) from Macedonia (who lives in New York) is making the most of his abundant talents. “Let Us Be” is an 8-part ode to joy, so to speak. Cetkar, a master of the good groove since 2009, pulls out all the soul-funk-jazz stops here, skimping on catchy hooks and easy-rolling beats. True to his trademark style, strings and horns are showcased to perfection at every turn, fulfilling our every wish.“
Joerg Schmitt
(Sonic Soul, Germany)
“Vladimir is not your usual 21st century musician who cannot do much without a computer, he does everything by writing notes on paper like the classical musicians of days gone by. I saw him composing and arranging a very sophisticated song by humming it, and writing it at the same time on a piece of paper, ready for an orchestra to play it!
That was something I will never forget.“
Dimitri From Paris
(World renowned DJ, producer and composer who played a pivotal role in elevating the French house music scene, taking it from relative obscurity to global recognition.)
“The evident musical influences may transport you back in time to the musical era when bands like Chic and Earth Wind and Fire ruled the musical cosmos. But Vladimir’s new sound, original music expression, and contemporary production return you to the present, and portend a strong future for this genre of music. Essentially, Vladimir Cetkar’s latest release can be described as his original music cocktail, incorporating a pristine distillate of the Jazz, Pop, Soul and Disco sounds of the late 70′s and early 80′s, along with a hint of what’s to come.”
GIANT STEP, NYC
“All the music on this album, which I have meticulously handwritten, composed, arranged, conducted and produced, is my personal story of love, passion and inspiration.
These powerful emotions that are the driving force and integral part of all humans can become eternal only when they are forged into art, thereby becoming an immortal testimony of times gone by.
In that sense, through art, we will never end…”