# Flying Basket > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flying_Basket > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Flying_Basket.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Basket > Source revision: 1329322541 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2015 studio album by Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow Flying Basket Studio album by Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow Released September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18) Recorded June 2013 Studio Steamroom, Tokyo Genre Free improvisation Length 71:27 Label Family Vineyard Producer Jim O'Rourke Akira Sakata chronology KAISHI/開始: Live at Kargart (2015) Flying Basket (2015) 15.01.14 (2016) Jim O'Rourke chronology Arco (2015) Flying Basket (2015) Steamroom 20 (2015) Chikamorachi chronology Sora Wo Tobu! (2012) Flying Basket (2015) Merzbow chronology Konchuuki (2015) Flying Basket (2015) Music for Urbanism (2015) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating The Free Jazz Collective [1] Inyourspeakers Media 69/100[2] Pitchfork 7.1/10[3] ***Flying Basket*** (すっ飛び篭, *Suttobi kago*) is a collaborative studio album by the Japanese [free jazz](/source/Free_jazz) saxophonist [Akira Sakata](/source/Akira_Sakata), American experimental guitarist [Jim O'Rourke](/source/Jim_O'Rourke_(musician)), [improv](/source/Free_improvisation) duo Chikamorachi (drummer [Chris Corsano](/source/Chris_Corsano) and double bassist [Darin Gray](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darin_Gray&action=edit&redlink=1)), and Japanese [noise musician](/source/Noise_music) [Merzbow](/source/Merzbow).[4] ## Track listing **CD** No. Title Length 1. "Flying Basket" 71:27 **LP** Side one No. Title Length 1. "Flying Basket, Part 1" 18:29 Side two No. Title Length 1. "Flying Basket, Part 2" 19:03 Side three No. Title Length 1. "Flying Basket, Part 3" 15:06 Side four No. Title Length 1. "Flying Basket, Part 4" 18:49 ## Personnel All personnel credits are adapted from the album notes.[5] ### Musicians - [Akira Sakata](/source/Akira_Sakata) – [alto saxophone](/source/Alto_saxophone), vocals - [Jim O'Rourke](/source/Jim_O'Rourke_(musician)) – [electric guitar](/source/Electric_guitar), [harmonica](/source/Harmonica), [electronics](/source/Electronic_musical_instrument) - [Chris Corsano](/source/Chris_Corsano) – drums - [Darin Gray](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darin_Gray&action=edit&redlink=1) – [double bass](/source/Double_bass), [percussion](/source/Percussion) - [Masami Akita](/source/Merzbow) – noise electronics ### Technical personnel - Jeremy Kannapell – collage, jacket design - Dan Zettwoch – layout assistance, rendering - Rashad Becker – lacquer cutting, mastering [vinyl version] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Barela, Joe (November 18, 2015). ["Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow – Flying Basket (Family Vineyard, 2015)"](https://www.freejazzblog.org/2015/11/akira-sakata-jim-orourke-with.html). *The Free Jazz Collective*. Retrieved January 28, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Goodman, Justin (August 31, 2015). ["Review of Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow - Flying Basket"](http://inyourspeakers.com/content/review/333-akira-sakata-jim-orourke-chikamorachi-merzbow-flyi-08312015). *Inyourspeakers Media*. Retrieved January 28, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Walls, Seth Colter (September 16, 2015). ["Merzbow / Jim O'Rourke / Akira Sakata / Chikamorachi: Flying Basket"](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21007-flying-basket/). *[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_Media)*. Retrieved January 28, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Flying Basket - Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow - FV88"](https://family-vineyard.com/products/flying-basket). *Family Vineyard*. September 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-albumnotes_5-0)** *Flying Basket* (album notes). [Akira Sakata](/source/Akira_Sakata) & [Jim O'Rourke](/source/Jim_O'Rourke_(musician)) with [Chikamorachi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chikamorachi&action=edit&redlink=1) & [Merzbow](/source/Merzbow). Indianapolis: Family Vineyard. 2015. FV88.{{[cite AV media notes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_AV_media_notes)}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others_in_cite_AV_media_(notes))) ## External links - [*Flying Basket*](https://family-vineyard.com/products/flying-basket) at Family Vineyard - ["Flying Basket (excerpt)"](https://soundcloud.com/familyvineyard/akira-sakata-jim-orourke-chikamorachi-merzbow-flying-basket) at SoundCloud - *[Flying Basket](https://www.discogs.com/master/886907)* at [Discogs](/source/Discogs) (list of releases) v t e Merzbow Discography Studio albums Batztoutai with Memorial Gadgets Venereology Pulse Demon Merzbox Collaborations 04092001 Sun Baked Snow Cave Merzdub Walrus / Groon Rock Dream SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth Keio Line Klatter Cuts Full of Hell & Merzbow Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper Merzxiu Flying Basket Gensho Kouen Kyoudai An Untroublesome Defencelessness 2R0I2P0 v t e Jim O'Rourke Solo albums Bad Timing (1997) Eureka (1999) Insignificance (2001) I'm Happy and I'm Singing and a 1, 2, 3, 4 (2001) The Visitor (2009) Simple Songs (2015) Shutting Down Here (2020) Collaborative albums Two Nice Catholic Boys (2009) Behold (2015) Flying Basket (2015) Pareidolia (2025) EPs Halfway to a Threeway (1999) Related bands Brise-Glace Fenn O'Berg Gastr del Sol Loose Fur Sonic Youth Wilco Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Flying Basket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Basket) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Basket?action=history)). 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