9 tracks. Running time 4:50:12 Nature is a never ending source of inspiration for instrumental music. Such is the case with Oenyaw's album Wakulla Sketchbook which draws its inspiration from a State Park in Florida called Wakulla Springs. It's not that the music uses much in the way of natural sounds, but like some other ambient musicians Oenyaw is rendering his impressions and thoughts electronically. Each alternate track of the nine are parts of the “Water Surface” sketches which has been broken up into five shorter pieces rather than one long one. Listening to each one is like viewing a lake where something is different to the last time you looked at it. In “Water Surface No. 1” I imagined a calm water surface where the gentle rise and fall of the glassy drones represents clear smooth water gently undulating. It was a surprise to hear a tune of sorts in “Water Surface No. 3” where a squiggly drone almost resolves into a melody. Playing out over a a slowly pulsing drone this becomes mesmeric. As usual with Oenyaw's work the drones tend to have a harsh edge. The artist's general style is to layer and gradually shift in texture and hue tones which weave around each other. Another trick he employs is to periodically put a dip in tones – a sonic effect like a star flickering in the night sky. All of these elements are found in the piece “A Safer Place” with its electrical humming tones like the speeded up sound of a swarm of buzzing insects. I found the “Water Surface” pieces to be most accessible due to the relatively short lengths of no more than about twenty minutes. The final one of these is the closing track; here we find that icy and sparkly tones are cleverly broken as though on a winter day the water is choppy and the sun is glinting off the surface peaks. Out of all Oenyaw's work Wakulla Sketchbook is the one that I've found the most able to listen to, although as usual some of the tracks are too long for my tastes. For anyone who enjoys slowly morphing, detailed, and intriguing drone based ambience it's worth checking out.