5 tracks. Running time 5:25:29 David Wayne Higgins uses the moniker Oenyaw and releases ambient/EM on discs containing several MP3 tracks. Said tracks tend to be album length, with the ones on this disc ranging from thirty one minutes to nearly seventy nine! It seems that Oenyaw's vision is to create music which can be played in the background and paid whatever attention is preferred. His main instrument is manipulated guitar sounds. For those who want to know the raison d'etre of each track the liner notes briefly document the ideas behind each piece. The style is minimalist, the themes which do gradually develop also tend to go on for longer than I'd prefer. The first, and shortest, track is called “Vladivostok Girls”. Containing various quivering guitar effects that ripple, dip, and bend around the soundscape it's quite mesmerising in places. Over thirty one minutes it develops to become more surreal and forceful, as though one is moving from a calm to unsettled sea. Some sliding guitar effects reminded me a little of Solyaris. The sonics change in the next piece “Palatine”. Continually interrupted drones like nearly melodic pads are layered up against echoing and stuttering notes. Imagine an ambient form of minimalism by artists such as Terry Reilly and Michael Nyman and you'll have some idea what's going on here. Over time it becomes more intense and the effects head into strange aquatic realms. If I had to make a choice of best track it would be “The Tilapia's Dream”. Kind of liquid effects shimmer and ripple in phases across underlying drones. At this point the long drones of Exuviae on Echoes in the Emptiness came to mind for a comparison. You get the idea by now about how A Whole Day Off goes. I think it will most appeal to those who like minimalist and long form ambient. And when I say long, I mean LONNGGG!