Bjork's Biophelia Apps: The future of music and education?

Bjork released just last year a suite of apps corresponding to each track of her new album, Biophelia. The album tries to unify and plain clear the interactions of nature, music, and technology. Each app allows the user to interact with the music and the ideas in the subject matter of the song. For instance, the song "Virus" involves the user having to submit or be taken over by the virus DNA to complete the song. "Moon" features an elliptical based generative music sequencer that also has MIDI-out. This allows users to use the application to control other electronic instruments.

Bjork has commented in interviews that this project for her served to satisfy "the frustrated music teacher" inside of her. Bjork studied music at a school in Iceland for ten years.

Biophelia will appear as part of an education program touring major cities along with Bjork's live performances of the album. The applications, used on iPads, will be used to teach younger students about nature, music, and technology in an integrated little package that is fun and creative.

Is this the future of music (and other subject area) education? It's a bit simplistic to argue about, but I believe the approach of integrating multiple subjects into a fun and intuitive medium is a large step in the right direction. Why can't we learn music through history? Or learn music through science? Or learn art through phys ed? We don't teach subject areas in the grand scheme of things anyways -- we teach disciplines.

The apps are about $2 a piece, or $10 for the entire suite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dikvJM__zA4