about
The collaborative work of Shannon Kennedy and J. Borges of Pedestrian Deposit could be
described as highly composed, often abstract sound textures combined to create dynamic
experimental music that draws on the duo’s widely contrasting auditory obsessions. Borges’
use of crude yet disciplined electronics, tape loops, field recordings, and controlled
feedback manipulation contrasts against Shannon’s use of self-designed stringed instruments,
bowing techniques and amplified wood and metal, resulting in music that is both raw and
refined. Pedestrian Deposit bears elements of electro-acoustic sound, musique concrete,
classical, industrial and harsh noise, but cannot be confined to any one genre.
J. Borges began Pedestrian Deposit in the Winter of 2000, with the concept of combining
layers of electronic sound with no pre-determined relation to one another until mixed. The
project slowly evolved to incorporate elements and hybrids of harsh noise, tape collage,
field recordings and ambient music with a focus on extreme contrast, resulting in a prolific
few years of rich and dynamic compositions on such labels as Hospital Productions, Hanson
Records, and Borges’ own Monorail Trespassing label, to name a few.
After a two-year hiatus, PD returned in the fall of 2008 with the addition of
multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Shannon Kennedy; and her elements of cello, violin
and amplified, bowed and manipulated objects. They have consistently toured the United
States nearly every year since, placing an emphasis on the development and evolution of
physical, psychological and organic live performance.
PD has appeared at such events as the 2009 No Fun Fest in Brooklyn, New York; the 2010
’Activating The Medium’ festival in San Francisco, CA; the 2013 Milwaukee Noise Festival in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the 2014, 2015 and 2019 Ende Tymes festivals in Brooklyn, NY; the 2015
LUFF festival in Lausanne, Switzerland; the 2016 Click Festival in Helsingør, Denmark; and
the 2017 Recombinant Festival in San Francisco — in addition to innumerable venues,
galleries, halls, bars and makeshift spaces in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Pedestrian Deposit uses and endorses QSC speakers, Mogami and Monster cables, and Mackie
audio mixers.
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discography - solo works
median c-8 ep (monorail; 2001/1)
edition of 100 copies
anatomy scum-drum 3" CD-r (monorail; 2002/10)
edition of 50 copies
disc study 3" CD-r (monorail; 2003/3)
edition of 10 copies
recycled music c-46 (rrrecords;
2003/3)
unlimited edition
debilitant c-60 (monorail; 2003/5)
edition of 30 copies
erase c-46 (monorail; 2003/5)
edition of 30 copies
stitching c-50 (monorail; 2003/5)
edition of 30 copies
pure audio failure: live recordings CD-r (monorail; 2003/8)
private edition of 19 copies
restraint c-10 (truculent; 2003/12)
edition of 70 copies
facade one-sided c-90 (monorail; 2003/12)
private edition of 5 copies
woman / evaporating card disc (PACrec; 2004/3)
edition of 48 copies
volatile CD (hospital productions / truculent recordings; 2004/3)
edition of 1000 copies
look c-1 (srr; 2004/3)
edition of 50 copies (first 25 with brown covers, second 25 with white covers)
mechanism c-10 (monorail; 2004/4)
private edition of 5 copies
live lungmotor c-20 (monorail; 2004/7)
first edition of 25 copies (first 5 with creme covers, remaining 20 with brown covers)
second edition unlimited reissue (2010/8)
damsel c-20 (monorail; 2004/12)
edition of 50 copies (first 2 with light grey covers, remaining 48 with dark grey covers)
second edition unlimited reissue (2010/8)
come-hither c-10 (monorail; 2005/7)
edition of 100 copies
morose c-10 (callow god)
first edition of 50 copies (2005/7)
second edition of 50 copies with different cover (2006/1)
eternal c-10 (hospital productions; 2005/7)
edition of 100 copies
clandestine CD-r (lame cunts imagination)
edition of 5 copies
fatale CD (hospital productions /
hanson records)
edition of 1000 copies
severance c-24 (monorail; 2006/9)
edition of 100 copies
vestige LP (hospital productions; 2006/10)
edition of 300 copies
austere CD (monorail; 2009/5)
edition of 1000 copies
east fork / north fork c-26 (housecraft)
first edition of 50 copies (2010/6)
second edition of 500 copies, CD (2010/8)
kithless LP (arbor;
2012/6)
edition of 500 copies
eleventh hour c-30 (self-released; 2013/8)
edition of 100 copies
LP reissue edition of 300 copies (gilgongo records; 2015/10)
natural causes 7" (a dear girl called wendy; 2013/12)
edition of 100 copies
the architector LP / c-40 (monorail; 2015/8)
LP edition of 500 copies
c-40 edition of 300 copies
dyers' hands CD (monorail; 2019/3)
edition of 500 copies
nostalgia: 2000-06 3xCD (monorail; 2021/2)
edition of 500 copies
debilitant • erase • stitching c-60 / c-46 / c-50 (monorail; 2021/3)
edition of 200 copies
split works
'untitled' card disc with chrysalis (cipher productions; 2003/5)
edition of 100 copies
'vs. sewage' CD-r ep (freckle; 2003/10)
unknown edition
'untitled' c-20 with the cherry point (troniks; 2003/12)
edition of 24 copies
'untitled' 7" with armenia (dada drumming; 2004/3)
edition of 200 copies (royal blue vinyl -- first 50 with c-8 of same material)
'blood orphanage' c-8 with the cherry point (troniks; 2004/4)
edition of 22 copies
'foreshadowing' c-20 with oscillating innards (monorail; 2004/7)
edition of 100 copies
'untitled' c-20 with the cherry point (monorail; 2004/7)
edition of 25 copies
'forlorn (endless longing)' c-20 with impregnable (monorail; 2005/7)
edition of 100 copies
'untitled' c-10 with ex-jesus (monorail; 2005/10)
edition of 100 copies
'live at black lion' one-sided c-60 with oscillating innards (lame cunts imagination;
2005/11)
edition of 7 copies
'untitled' c-10 with maim (iatrogenesis; 2006/5)
edition of 100 copies
'untitled' c-10 with privy seals (monorail; 2006/5)
edition of 100 copies
'untitled' c-10 with powdered wigs (hate state; 2006/10)
edition of 100 copies
collaborative works
'untitled' CD-r with metrocide (monorail / 23 productions; 2003/9)
edition of 50 copies
'red head' one-sided c-90 with prurient (rrrecords; 2004/9)
edition of 48 copies
future blondes '// angele l// ' LP (breathing problem productions)
'angele los (children ov star* s.t.t.c.)'
edition of 100 copies
clipping. 'there existed an addiction to blood' 2xLP/CD/CS (sub pop; 2019/10)
'attunement'
unlimited edition
clipping. 'visions of bodies being burned' 2xLP/CD/CS (sub pop; 2020/10)
'secret piece'
unlimited edition
compilations
'let it snow' 2xCD-r (zaftig research; 2000/8)
"rudolf the rednoise reindeer"
edition unknown
'2 ducks on a truck' 2xCD-r (hospital productions; 2001/?)
"JEW (collaboration with prurient)"
edition of 50 copies
'unwelcomed or ignored: the 2001 norcal noisefest performance compilation' CD (super
art media; 2001/10)
"switchboard failure: with contempt"
edition of 500 copies
'noisefest 2003 commemorative coaster' CD-r (super art media; 2003/10)
"she's out having fun tonight"
edition of 500 copies
'strident underbelly' DVD-r (ouch my eyeball films; 2005/2)
"live 2004/7/19"
edition unknown
'nitro dragsters' 2xCD-r (militant walls; 2005/10)
"silhouette"
edition of 100 copies
'naked, bruised' c-10 (callow god sound; 2005/11)
"appeal"
edition of 100 copies
'the swamp comp, vol. III' 2xcd-r (swamp of pus; 2006/2)
"live 2005/8/06"
edition unknown
'sacramento audio waffle, Vol. 1' DVD-r (SLON; 2006/4)
"live 2006/1/29"
edition unknown
'la noisescape' CD (bastardized; 2006/7)
"intrigued by her stare"
edition of 1000 copies
'love interrupts. a dada drumming sampler' CD (dada drumming; 2006/8)
"devoid (i will never be alright)"
edition of 1000 copies; promotional
'rare youth' 2xCD (rare youth;
2006/10)
"you will not treat me this way"
edition of 1000 copies
'like a frog in winter' LP + 7" (hospital productions; 2008/12)
"consequence"
edition of 500 copies
'all together now' soundtrack cs (2013/5)
"combustion," "the flutter"
edition unknown; promotional
remixes
deadly pedestrian 'jimmy, you'll always be ok' c-8 (dada drumming)
first edition of 100 copies; anonymously distributed (2004/1)
second edition of 100 copies; traditionally distributed (2004/7)
oscillating innards 'cancerite' CD-r (iatrogenesis; 2004/3)
'boonville (noisomeness atmospherics medley)'
edition unknown
miscellaneous
viodre 'interpol alchemi' CD (hospital productions; 2011/10)
contributor of source material, uncredited
edition of 500 copies
various 'nothing left now' CD-r (kalifornialoveaddiction; 2001/6)
contributor of source material; viodre
edition unknown
sewer election 'an ode to reality' c-20 (chondritc sound; 2005/2)
contributor of source material
edition of 67 copies