Emu. Danger. Drought. Morning. Eagle. Gondwanaland's quiet arrival of 1984 was a wordless invocation of landscape and natural phenomena as majestic and mysterious as its title, Terra Incognita. Sydney didgeridoo player Charlie McMahon had nurtured his craft in tandem with a love of the Australian outback before hooking up with synth player Peter Carolan. Eddie Duquemin brought percussive momentum to Let the Dog Out in '86 as a friendship with fellow red dirt pilgrims Midnight Oil expanded their touring circuit and profile. Gondwanaland won Best Indigenous Release at the '88 ARIAs and Wide Skies upped the guest roster and atmospheric layers in '92.
