Re:Mission began in 2005 as a monthly dark dance night in Oklahoma City, founded by Wes Turner, Tracy Peltier and Valerie Benton. The local scene was in decline, and the name stated the goal: put it into remission. Peltier and Benton stepped away before the end of the year, leaving Turner as sole owner.
Turner was already a club DJ and promoter when Re:Mission began, spinning as DJ Parasight, and his first production company was Possession Soundwerks. He ran club nights and hosted special events, including release parties for Metropolis Records, Negative Gain Productions, COP International and Cleopatra Records, among others. He booked their artists and learned from the people who ran them. His mentor, Ric Laciak of Ras Dva Records, told him never to start a label. Turner calls it the best advice he ever received, but music is his life.
By late 2005, Re:Mission was booking tours and producing shows, and in 2006 it became Re:Mission Entertainment under the RE logo it uses today. It brought tours to Oklahoma and Texas by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, KMFDM, VNV Nation, Lords Of Acid, Assemblage 23, The Birthday Massacre, The Crüxshadows, Aesthetic Perfection, Velvet Acid Christ, Stromkern, Project Pitchfork, Haujobb, Hocico, Chemlab, 16 Volt, Combichrist, PIG, Terrorfakt, Mentallo & The Fixer and many more.
In 2008, Turner launched Assimilation in Tulsa. The night ran for nine years, hosted touring guest DJs and members of underground electronic acts, and spread to Oklahoma City, Las Vegas and San Antonio. In 2010 it went on the road across the US as the Assimilation DestrukTour with End: The DJ and DJ Bone!!, and it toured again in 2014 with End: The DJ.
Work toward a label began in 2010 with CD-R compilations of mostly Oklahoma Industrial and Darkwave artists. Re:Mission became an official label in 2019, starting with a release by Fektion Fekler, and a promo only CD-R compilation that same year started the annual label compilation series. The label has since put out hundreds of releases on CD, cassette and vinyl, though Turner says it didn't feel like a real label until the first vinyl record was pressed.
Some of the bands that shaped Turner when he was young now release music on Re:Mission, including Mentallo & The Fixer, Dead Voices On Air, Pygmy Children and Xorcist. Several artists Re:Mission once booked record for the label too, including Sidewalks And Skeletons, RITUALZ, Bedlam Emotion, Oblyvaeon and Left Spine Down. The catalog spans Darkwave, EBM, Industrial, Synthpop, Witch House, Experimental, IDM, Dark Pop, Post-Punk and Wave.
Re:Mission also works closely with other independent labels. It handles merch and fulfilment for the Russian Witch House label Untitled Burial and works with the anarchist label eMERGENCY heARTS from Austin, Texas. It collaborates with artists who run their own labels too, including Snowbeasts, owners of Component Recordings in Providence, Rhode Island, and SET, owner of SubGoth and El Cuco Records in Tucson, Arizona.
In 2025, Re:Mission brought Mentallo & The Fixer back on the road for the Resurrection Tour, with Pygmy Children, Xorcist, dread risks, Black Agent and Data Void on select dates and six Cold Waves shows alongside Front Line Assembly, Nitzer Ebb, Clock DVA and Lead Into Gold. In 2026, it announced Re:Mission Europe, coming soon to serve fans overseas. Turner continues to run the label, book tours and work as a tour manager.
Equality is part of the mission. Re:Mission stands for individualism without oppression: freedom of sexuality, religion and political belief, but no platform for hate. It stands against sexism, racism and bigotry, and in a scene long dominated by white men, it gives women, trans artists and artists of color a platform on its roster, on its stages and in its releases. As AI reshapes the industry, the label is also committed to music and art made by people.