燥眠夜的故事可以追溯到2009年。在Michael Pettis的邀请下——他是北京传奇摇滚乐酒吧D-22的老板，也是兵马司唱片的老板——朱文博开始在D-22酒吧组织每周二的实验音乐系列现场“燥眠夜”。那时候朱文博刚刚开始自己的音乐创作，于此同时北京也出现了新一代的音乐人，大家都在进行一些跨越实验音乐与噪音摇滚的尝试。毫无疑问，Michael Pettis发现了这其中潜在的可能性。

在朋友们的共同努力下，每周二的燥眠夜演出延续了很久。不断有新的音乐人加入，参与者的音乐也在不断进化。2012年D-22关张，同年燥眠夜迁至Michael的新酒吧XP Club。至2015年XP Club关张时，燥眠夜已组织了大约200场演出。XP Club结束后，燥眠夜不再进行每周二的现场，转型成为一个出版磁带的厂牌。至本网站上线时（2024年），燥眠夜已出版了70多张磁带专辑。

多年以来，燥眠夜关注的音乐方向有过很多的改变，但是它一直关注着新手，以及新的创作与表达方式。很多刚刚开始起步的音乐人在燥眠夜完成了他们最早的演出，或是出版他们的早期作品与冷门探索之作。燥眠夜的音乐美学与运作策略一直是低成本、低保真、低门槛、朴实与DIY，时常在那些人皆可为的音乐实践中，展现惊异的时刻。

The story of Zoomin’ Night begins in 2009, when, at the invitation of Michael Pettis – the owner of the legendary Beijing rock club D-22 and the founder of the label Maybe Mars – Zhu Wenbo began organising an experimental music series called Zoomin’ Night every Tuesday at D-22. At the time, Zhu Wenbo had just began making music himself, and a new generation of musicians was emerging in Beijing, exploring the boundaries between experimental music and noise rock. Without a doubt, Pettis saw the potential in the movement.

Thanks to the combined efforts of the community, the weekly Zoomin’ Night concerts continued for many years. There was a constant stream of new musicians joining in, and the music they were making was constantly evolving. In 2012, D-22 closed shop, but in the same year the Zoomin’ Night series relocated to Pettis’ new bar, XP Club. By the time XP Club closed in 2015, Zoomin’ Night had organised approximately 200 shows. Since then, Zoomin’ Night stopped presenting the weekly concert series, and shifted focus to become a cassette label. To date (2024), Zoomin’ Night has put out more than 70 cassette releases.

Zoomin’ Night’s musical direction has undergone numerous changes over the years, but it has always maintained a focus on newcomers to the musical scene, as well as new works and new forms of expression. Many people taking their first steps with music gave their first performance at a Zoomin Night event. Others had their very first album, or the result of a new direction they were taking, released on the label. Zoomin Night’s aesthetic and operating strategy is low-cost, lo-fi, low-barrier-to-entry, simple, and DIY, showcasing the moments of surprise that are possible in direct practices of music that are open to everyone.