- Musique concrète and its pioneers in an industry that "was no job for a woman": 6:35
- Adventuring in concrete - an introduction: 10:11
- Sara Ahmed - Hard: 12:15
- Permanent Draft - Basta Now: Women, Trans & Non-binary in Experimental Music: 15:07
- Barrie - Concrete: 22:27
- The transformational impact of changing a toilet door: 26:52
- Celebrating the invisible - and how to change the world with a sound system: 33:56
- How different types of work and knowledge are valued, and with what consequences: 43:15
- Jasmine Babers - For Women of Color, the Glass Ceiling is Actually Made of Concrete: 44:20
- Saliah - Mijwizzz (Dammi Falastini edit). Play it loud and proud. All the love and Free Palestine: 46:17
- Nina Sarnelle - The Erosion of Silicon Beach (how long until all of this concrete returns to sand?): 49:38
- Manal and Papillon - Cultivating the resilience necessary to navigate the ever-evolving challenges of todays world: 55:17
Recorded live, on site at LjurhallaFabriken, for the Stewardship and Structures: Enacting, Regenerating and Maintaining seminar 24 Sept 2025.
Mixing music, reflection, and etymological exploration, Eva Rowson excavates the polysemic* nature of “concrete”—simultaneously a building material, something definite, and the act of solidifying. Through this format, she examines how we might demolish concretised walls in society while sustaining new, accessible structures that lift the concrete ceiling for collective liberation.
Concretised structures possess deep foundations that sustain them as “just the way things are.” Yet the opposite of concrete need not be structureless—radical structure can provide vital support and empowerment, particularly for those historically excluded from concrete partitions. This presentation brings together diverse voices cracking concrete and building transformational, sustainable change from its ruins.
In this radio show, we meet musicians, activists and artists who are adventuring through concrete infrastructure. As well as sharing her experiences of maintaining an old-concrete-factory-now-cultural-venue, Eva introduces others who are breaking concrete ceilings, challenging concretised societal structures, evoking new ways of organising – and building their own worlds of revolutionary change.
* A polysemic word is a word that has multiple meanings. In the case of concrete: a building material; a description meaning something definite; and to form or solidify something.
Tracklisting
Valentina Magaletti with vocals and texts by Fanny Chiarello (Permanent Draft) The Bitter Truth
Valentina Magaletti with vocals and texts by Fanny Chiarello (Permanent Draft) Migraine
Marta Salogni and Floating Points Call from the Eaves
Yara Asmar from gardens in the city we keep alive