APACALDA is the name of singer/songwriter Cassandra Angheluta, a Montreal based artist. APACALDA, meaning “warm water” in her mother tongue, Romanian, is a reflection of Cassandra’s means of movement through her art and life. A reminder to reconnect to the warm water that calms and grounds her despite the chaos and unpredictability of outside circumstances. Creating music has been a means of alchemising her residual emotional traumas from past and present experiences through the one medium that brings any resolve within her. She showcases a unique complexity between the realms of feeling and sound. Melancholic, dreamy, enigmatic and hauntingly beautiful, APACALDA is creating her own immersive world with a refreshed approach to indie, electronic pop and new wave sounds. Her debut self-titled EP was released in October 2022 featuring collaborations from Montreal’s Robert Robert, Sam Woy (Fhang, Luca Fogale, Half Moon Run), Mishka Stein (Fhang, Patrick Watson, Teke::Teke, and Isaac Symonds (Half Moon Run). The video for Male Gaze was also nominated for Best Music Video at the Toronto International Women’s Festival. APACALDA is set to release her full length record in 2024.