专辑简介Taiwan´s remarkable cultural and ecological diversity is largely due to its topography.
With mountains reaching nearly 4,000 meters, Taiwan hosts several unique ecosystems. But what is not commonly known is that the adjacent deep-sea Kuroshio Trench reaches an equally impressive depth of 4,000 meters.

This reveals a stunning feature -- from trench to peak, the actual rise of Taiwan is a staggering 8,000 meters.

With these 8,000 meters in mind, I musically trace Taiwan´s topography from deep-sea hydrothermal vents and the related seafaring Tao tribe of Orchid Island, to the Amis people of Taiwan´s coastline, and finally to the high mountain tribes of the Rukai and Bunun.

A crowning accomplishment of this album´s undertaking has been the recording of the Bunun song, "Pasibutbut," where the singers were successfully recorded to 16 discrete channels. This ancient song is revered for its totally unique compositional style and has never been recorded in such high resolution before. Mixed to stereo, it is presented here in its entirety as the final track.

I hope this music, evolved from 8,000 meters of deep oceans and high mountains, will inspire appreciation for those who choose to listen.
台湾的特殊地形造就了多样化的生态与文化。
近4,000公尺的高山，蕴藏了独特的生态样貌。而邻近在台湾周围的大海，里头其实也藏着珍贵的宝藏─黑潮─，它同样拥有令人啧啧称奇的深度，且达4,000公尺。从黑潮海沟到玉山的顶峰，共8,000公尺的距离，是美丽宝岛─台湾─独特的地形。

8,000这张专辑的创作理念，我以海拔的高度做为顺序，由低至高，从兰屿的达悟族开始、慢慢地走到海边的阿美族、攀上山腰上的鲁凯族，最后才是住在深山里的布农族。

特别推荐的是，本张专辑里的「祈祷小米丰收歌」，首创以16道分轨将歌者的声音用最新的科技收录下来，再经由录音室的后制，让传统的歌谣拥有了全新的生命。

经过漫长的旅程与创作，我希望透过本专辑的音乐，让大家更珍惜台湾原住民文化与大自然所给予我们的一切。