I think the web site D.PART does a nice job of drawing connections
between techno, art, and the visionary architecture of Labbeus Woods
(http://music.hyperreal.org/d.part/).
As for the concrete vs. abstract distinction, I think it's a little
more complicated than Elliot Taub implies below.
I merely put it that way because its the clearest way I could think of; you
can't
stand on a song, and you can't sing a skyscraper. Emotional reactions are the
primary way one can measure a song, and emotion is subjective. There are
emotional responses to building, but you can quantify physical
