SERJ TANKIAN With WYCLEF JEAN; Audio Available

October 19, 2007

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian recently teamed up with Wyclef Jean on a track called "Riot" for the ex-THE FUGEES member's forthcoming offering, "Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant", which is due December 4.

"He sent me the track and said, 'Check it out, and let me know what you think and if you want to do something on this,' and I thought it was a very progressive song," Tankian told MTV.com. "I like progressive music — things that change, tempo changes, parts that change. I thought it was a really great song, and I did my own poetic, rhythmical talking — if you want call that rap, go ahead, but I wouldn't - and some other little taglines here and there."

Listen to "Riot" in streaming audio format below:

Windows Media
Quicktime

Serj Tankian's solo debut, "Elect the Dead", which arrives on October 23, can now be streamed in its entirety at www.mtv.com.

The special limited-edition "deluxe" version of "Elect the Dead" comes in a linen-wrapped hardbound book with four bonus tracks, a 48-page color booklet containing artwork and poetry, and a unique code to unlock exclusive content.

The bonus CD tracks are as follows:

01. Blue
02. Empty Walls (acoustic)
03. Feed Us (acoustic)
04. Falling Stars

If you pre-order "Elect the Dead" from iTunes, you will get three bonus tracks: "The Reverend King", "Blue" and "Falling Stars".

Tankian enlisted filmmakers, digital artists and painters to create a video for each track on the album, with three of them already posted online.

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