About
「ZOOM LENS [est. 2009] is a label that examines the implications, contradictions, and limitations of popular culture as expressed through artistic ideology and practice, reinforced through the intersection of both local and international sounds, and with a stylistic emphasis on "emotive" electronic music filtered through the sensibilities of a "digital punk spirit." 」
SELECT PRESS
Complex / Pigeons & Planes
33 Independent Record Labels You Should Know
"...blurring the lines between experimental and pop music... [they] tackle this divide and make it vanish with their sounds, as more extreme elements fade in and out among the colorful, obtuse pop aspirations. Releasing music from Japan, North America, and the Philippines, Zoom Lens is unique in erasing borders and uniting listeners."
Electronic Beats
"...blends dreamy indie with 8-bit and rave euphoria"
The Fader
System Focus: Inside 1080p, Zoom Lens & the New Digital DIY Labels
"...broadening definitions of punk"
The Fader Mix
"...one of the most aesthetically compelling labels in existence. You can never predict what their next release will sound like—because clearly they're giving left-field and unsung voices broad creative control—but you can bet that what comes out will move you"
i-D
"While 88 Rising is putting Asian hip-hop artists in the global spotlight, Zoom Lens is delving into the dreamy underworld of East and Southeast Asian post-pop”
Kill Screen
Pop, Politics, And Everything In Between: The Virtual Families of Netlabels
"...a community unified by commonality in feeling and ideology, music that’s not afraid to talk about the depressing side of life, while staying true to the nature of pop music"
The Line of Best Fit
"...…a roster of self-proclaimed digital punk rockers, ZOOM LENS …seeks to traverse aesthetic and cultural barriers…an online community made possible by the international transmissibility of digital music distribution, reflecting the label’s characteristic dismissal of traditional genre barriers."
Pitchfork
"...embraces the internet's ability to overcome geographic and linguistic boundaries"
Red Bull Music Academy
"Zoom Lens is one of the standout net-based label/collectives that have arisen in the last few years"
Contact / Distribution
For General Inquiries, Wholesale, Distribution, Licensing + Publishing, Please Contact: zoomlenslabel@gmail.com
Select Zoom Lens records can be found at various international record stores. Please check and search below for a release in your region:
DISK UNION (Japan)
Fastcut Records (Japan)
DEMOS
For Demos, Please Contact: zoomlenslabel@gmail.com w/ the name of your favorite fruit in subject. Please tell us why you would like to associate with ZOOM LENS.
We do not accept demos from anyone who supports white chauvinism, fascism, cissexism, hetereosexism, imperialism, settler colonialism, harm towards the people of oppressed nations, and other ideologies expressed and upheld through capitalism. All art contains the influence of its social conditions and reproduces its ideology. Thus, we choose to not highlight or platform certain artists who embody such regressions.
Due to gravity of submissions, demos will generally not receive replies unless interested.
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International Orders:
All international packages may take up to 2-3 months or more to be received. If your tracking info says it is still processing, please do not report a missing item - there are simply delays in system processing and shipping.
Please check here to see if your country cannot receive packages at the moment: https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/welcome.htm
Pre-Orders:
All pre-orders are subject to change in their final product or release date. All products ordered together shall ship the same time as the pre-order.
Refunds:
We do not accept refunds unless there is serious damage to your product. Please email us with pictures of your package if so.
Other Notes:
This label is operated and run by one person, who is also an artist on the label. Please excuse any slight “delays” in communication and shipping. We are not S•ny Records and we are not Am•zon.
Socials
Please find us and give us a follow below! We are no longer active on Tw•tter, do not visit us there.
Bandcamp: zoomlens.bandcamp.com
Bluesky: zoomlenslabel.bsky.social
Instagram: instagram.com/zoomlenslabel/
TikTok: tiktok.com/@zoomlenslabel
YouTube: youtube.com/zoomlenslabel