APACALDA is the project of Montreal-based singer and composer Cassandra Angheluta, whose emotionally immersive music blends goth-tinged indie pop and electronic textures into a distinctive alternative sound.
Her debut full-length album There’s a Shadow in My Room and It Isn’t Mine (June 13th 2025) features collaborations with Mishka Stein (Patrick Watson), Juno Award-Winning engineer Samuel Woywitka (Half Moon Run, SAMWOY), Dayhills (Skiifall), and Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux (Charlotte Cardin). The record received coverage and mentions from Billboard Canada, The Line of Best Fit, RANGE Magazine, Le Devoir, and CULT MTL and was featured on editorial Spotify playlists including Fresh Finds, New Music Friday Canada, Café Montréalais, ALT QC and Montreal Chill.
Visually, her music videos have gained international attention. She’s Not Coming was shortlisted by 1.4 Brilliant Filmmaking Awards (2025), won Music Video of the Week at the Berlin Music Video Awards (2025) and was selected to screen at the SEEYOUSOUND International Music Film Festival in Turin, Italy (2025). Male Gaze from her debut EP, was also an official selection at the Toronto International Women’s Film Festival (2022).
The name APACALDA, meaning “warm water” in Romanian, symbolizes Angheluta’s cultural roots and, symbolically, the sense of healing and refuge she finds through music. With a growing reputation for striking honesty, atmosphere and sharp artistic direction, APACALDA is fast becoming one of Montreal’s most compelling new voices.
