The concert of cicadas in Singapore is a permanent performance, acted out every day of the year, from morning to night, with little to no interruption. For the local subspecies, Purana usnani, each tree is a stage to win over a female audience. Unfortunately, for these cicadas, Singapore is a city of constant construction—its non-stop development superimposes parasitic frequencies on their song, causing havoc for cicadas in search of partners. This auditory appropriation of sorts disrupts potential matches, misguiding the cicadas’ love response as they mistake the mechanical sounds of construction work for their partners’ serenade. These interruptions have led to a noticeable decrease in population numbers island wide. Tsikato, then, is a proposal to attenuate the auditory impact of Singapore’s constructed environments on the local cicada population. Designed to mimic a brass instrument, with a horn that amplifies and directs calls, Tsikato offers male cicadas a safe haven for their mating refrain, while providing a more tangible way for passersby to take note of these camouflaged singers. To invite cicadas to position themselves in line with its mouthpiece, it takes advantage of the insects’ natural attraction to heat. Its interior surface is black and shaped like a funnel in order to better absorb, accumulate, and diffuse heat. And when multiple installations are positioned correctly on adjacent trees, Tsikato is able to focus cicada song into a dense, interlocking network of uninterrupted sound that rises above the tumult of modernity.