This month, Venice-based electronic musician Edisonnoside released Sadly By Your Side, an eight-track album that offers more than a beautiful record. What gives this record an interesting twist, however, is that it is presented as an iOS app that allows the listener to remix and transform each track using the camera on their iPhone.

The photo the listener submits is converted into an image, made up of red, blue and black. Each of these colours represents a different component of the music, and leaves the listener with unique harmonies, melodies and rhythms. The app is developed by the Italian interaction designer at Fabrica, Angelo Semeraro.

The increasing number of projects that experiment with the factor of control is significant. Snibbe Studio's REWORK for example, that allows the user to remix a full-length Philip Glass album, and Arcade Fire's recent interactive music video Reflektor lets the viewer control what parts of the video they see. In similar fashion, Neil Merry's Plug + Play is a toolkit that designed for a musical performer to directly control sound and lighting effects on stage, creating a more dynamic environment for both the performer and the audience. All these suggest a thinning divide between the artist and the audience.