{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Flying Basket | type = studio | artist = [[Akira Sakata]] & [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] with [[Chikamorachi]] & [[Merzbow]] | cover = File:Flying Basket album cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2015|09|18}} | recorded = June 2013 | venue = | studio = Steamroom, Tokyo | genre = [[Free improvisation]] | length = {{Duration|m=71|s=27}} | label = Family Vineyard | producer = [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] | chronology = [[Akira Sakata]] | prev_title = KAISHI/開始: Live at Kargart | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = 15.01.14 | next_year = 2016 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] | type = studio | prev_title = Arco | prev_year = 2015 | title = Flying Basket | year = 2015 | next_title = Steamroom 20 | next_year = 2015 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Chikamorachi]] | type = studio | prev_title = Sora Wo Tobu! | prev_year = 2012 | title = Flying Basket | year = 2015 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Merzbow]] | type = studio | prev_title = Konchuuki | prev_year = 2015 | title = Flying Basket | year = 2015 | next_title = Music for Urbanism | next_year = 2015 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = The Free Jazz Collective | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.freejazzblog.org/2015/11/akira-sakata-jim-orourke-with.html |title=Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow – Flying Basket (Family Vineyard, 2015) |last=Barela |first=Joe |date=November 18, 2015 |website=The Free Jazz Collective |access-date=January 28, 2016}}</ref> | rev2 = Inyourspeakers Media | rev2Score = 69/100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://inyourspeakers.com/content/review/333-akira-sakata-jim-orourke-chikamorachi-merzbow-flyi-08312015 |title=Review of Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow - Flying Basket |last=Goodman |first=Justin |date=August 31, 2015 |website=Inyourspeakers Media |access-date=January 28, 2016}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]'' | rev3Score = 7.1/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21007-flying-basket/ |title=Merzbow / Jim O'Rourke / Akira Sakata / Chikamorachi: Flying Basket |last=Walls |first=Seth Colter |date=September 16, 2015 |website=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] |access-date=January 28, 2016}}</ref> | noprose=yes }}

{{Nihongo|'''''Flying Basket'''''|すっ飛び篭|Suttobi kago}} is a collaborative studio album by the Japanese [[free jazz]] saxophonist [[Akira Sakata]], American experimental guitarist [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]], [[Free improvisation|improv]] duo Chikamorachi (drummer [[Chris Corsano]] and double bassist [[Darin Gray]]), and Japanese [[noise music]]ian [[Merzbow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://family-vineyard.com/products/flying-basket |title=Flying Basket - Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow - FV88 |date=September 2015 |website=Family Vineyard |access-date=January 28, 2016}}</ref>

==Track listing== ;CD {{Track listing | title1 = Flying Basket | length1 = 71:27 }}

;LP {{Track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = Flying Basket, Part 1 | length1 = 18:29 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title1 = Flying Basket, Part 2 | length1 = 19:03 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side three | title1 = Flying Basket, Part 3 | length1 = 15:06 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side four | title1 = Flying Basket, Part 4 | length1 = 18:49 }}

==Personnel== All personnel credits are adapted from the album notes.<ref name=albumnotes>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Flying Basket |others=[[Akira Sakata]] & [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] with [[Chikamorachi]] & [[Merzbow]] |year=2015 |type=album notes |publisher=Family Vineyard |id=FV88 |location=Indianapolis}}</ref>

===Musicians=== *[[Akira Sakata]]&nbsp;– [[alto saxophone]], vocals *[[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]]&nbsp;– [[electric guitar]], [[harmonica]], [[Electronic musical instrument|electronics]] *[[Chris Corsano]]&nbsp;– drums *[[Darin Gray]]&nbsp;– [[double bass]], [[percussion]] *[[Merzbow|Masami Akita]]&nbsp;– noise electronics

===Technical personnel=== *Jeremy Kannapell&nbsp;– collage, jacket design *Dan Zettwoch&nbsp;– layout assistance, rendering *Rashad Becker&nbsp;– lacquer cutting, mastering [vinyl version]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://family-vineyard.com/products/flying-basket ''Flying Basket''] at Family Vineyard *[https://soundcloud.com/familyvineyard/akira-sakata-jim-orourke-chikamorachi-merzbow-flying-basket "Flying Basket (excerpt)"] at SoundCloud *{{Discogs master|886907|Flying Basket}}

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