The fifth album from OFFERING opens with the HYMN KOBAIAN which reminds us just how much MAGMA is ever-present, not only in the soul of Christian VANDER but also in our own hearts. COSMOS and AFFIEH, well known to OFFERING fans through their regular performance in concert, have a rare unearthly beauty and are one of the most imposing evocations of the infinite ever attempted, a perfect impressionistic representation of spiritual purity invoked through an astonishing musical atmosphere which mirrors the boundless supra-physical immenseness of the ethereal worlds. Thus Christian VANDER describes the vital, super-energetic cosmic force productive of life itself
AUM-like rumblings from synthesisers, waves of cymbals, choir-like voices, the harmonic richness of the piano, a full percussion section, and finally, the great beauty of the melody, culminating in a stirring crescendo which summarises all the various themes. AFFIEH is a magnificent and essential record, of such great coherence that it reaches and surpasses the confines of the physical Universe, touching us in the depth of our souls and  unconscious.