What Means Solid, Traveller? is an album by guitarist David Torn, released in 1996.
Track listing
"Spell Breaks with the Weather" (5:49) "What Means Solid, Traveller?" (6:52) "Such Little Mirrors" (7:22) "Tiny Burns a Bridge" (8:42) "Gidya Hana" (7:27) "Each Prince, to His Kingdom, Must Labor to Go" (3:58) Particle Bugs @ Purulia Station" (7:42) In the Sand of this Day (a) "I Will Not Be Free... (2:59) (b) "...Til You Are Free" (4:25) (live) "Elsewhere, Now Than Waving" (10:09)
Personnel David Torn - guitar & guitar-like thingies, textural & rhythmic loops, samples, voices, the pink lark, percussion, Cody's viola, Elijah's bass, mandolina, kotar Fima Ephron - acoustic bass (tracks 5 & 7), el bass (first half of track 5)
Samples from - Will Calhoun - drum kit loop (track 1) Cannonball Adderley - little spoken vocal (track 1) Gota Yashiki - the groove activator, drumkit loops (tracks 2,3 & 9) Steve Jansen - drum kit loop (track 5) David Ruffy - drum kit loop (track 7) Mitch Mitchell - drum kit fill (track 9)