Serj Tankian’s Elect the Dead Symphony CD/DVD set to be released March 9

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On March 16, 2009, Serj Tankian and New Zealand’s 70-piece Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra took the stage at the Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand and delivered an exhilarating and unique performance of Tankian’s latest solo album, Elect the Dead. Six cameras were set up to capture the performance in HD, and the resulting product is the impressive Elect the Dead Symphony CD/DVD set, due to be released on March 9, 2010. Tankian, Reprise Records, and Cinema Purgatorio have been working together towards worldwide movie screenings of Elect the Dead Symphony starting in February. Many of the show locations are being requested by fans and are being organized together with the Armenian American community, including the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).



Aside from the orchestral performance of the tracks on the album, the Elect the Dead Symphony includes two bonus, never-before-heard songs, Gate 21 and The Charade, interviews with Tankian and members of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, as well as backstage footage.



It has been also reported that Tankian’s next album project, Music Without Borders, will most likely be released this summer. It’s a new genre of music in some ways, Tankian told Billboard.com. “It’s electro orchestra jazz-rock. It’s basically a full orchestra, full, heavy electronic beats, live instrumentation and resampling… You name it, it’s there. It’s a huge wall of sound.” Meanwhile, Tankian has been collaborating with writer and lyricist Steven Sater and Harvard University’s American Repertory Theatre’s Diane Paulus, toward a musical adaptation of Aescchylus’ tragedy, Prometheus Bound.

System of a Down

System of a Down is an Armenian-American rock band from Glendale, California, formed in 1995. It consists of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards), Daron Malakian (vocals, lead guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass, background vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums). The band has achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, of which has won one in 2006 for Best Hard Rock Performance.

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