nielsjansen
Joined: Mar 16, 2012
Posts: 1088
Amsterdam
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 03:32 AM
On January 1st 2013 we caused a blast wave in the surf music scene by launching the very first online radiostation dedicated to instrumental surf music from a small attic in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For the first time in history the surf music scene was able to enjoy a non commercial radio station playing surf music 24/7, available on all thinkable platforms and machines wired to the internet through cable, 3G, dialup or any other possible connection.
Since the start North Sea Surf Radio has written history on several occasions. We were the very first station to broadcast live from the biggest surf music event, the Surfer Joe Summer Festival. We did so for four consecutive years broadcasting over 100 live shows and interviews with some of the best and most legendary artists in surf music.
We made 21 countdown lists compiling the best surf music records as voted by our listeners. We had dozens of DJ’s from all over the globe making weekly shows and last but not least we played the latest surf music and the best classics in modern and classic surf music.
As of December 31st North Sea Surf Radio will (for now) cease operations. Time and technical issues we have been struggling with the past years make it hard for us to give the station the maximum amount of attention and maintenance it deserves. Therefore we will put the station to rest, for now, because the moment we will once again have the time at hand to give the station maximum attention we hope to return with an updated and even stronger NSSR. This could be 1 5, or 10 years from now but eventually we feel the station is too good to lay to rest untill eternity.
Coming weekend our DJ’s will bring you their final show after which we will unfold our plans for the final days of NSSR. We will go out with a bang so after tuning in to the weekend shows check out our Facebook next week for more information. Thanks for your continued support from our entire team at North Sea Surf Radio.
— Niels Jansen
Program Director
North Sea Surf Radio
To submit your surf music to North Sea Surf Radio send the tracks as .mp3 in 320kbps bitrate with correct tags to playlist@northseasurfradio.com via Dropbox.
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Surf_Skater
Joined: Sep 06, 2012
Posts: 1299
Lawrenceville , GA
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 05:42 AM
Sad news. A huge thank you to all that have been involved over the years.
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wfoguy
Joined: Dec 11, 2011
Posts: 2118
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 07:37 AM
Very sad. When this 1st came on, it was fabulous. 
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kruelkats
Joined: Mar 26, 2012
Posts: 206
Bogor, West Java
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 07:58 AM
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MadScientist
Joined: Jan 17, 2008
Posts: 2188
Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 09:53 AM
I'm sorry to hear this, but want to thank you for this great contribution to our music, Niels! Looking forward to hear what the future brings!
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homerhead
Joined: Mar 17, 2006
Posts: 530
Portland, OR
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 10:56 AM
Thank you Niels - you'll certainly be missed until the return of NSSR!
— Rick
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SilverFlash
Joined: Jul 14, 2015
Posts: 478
Near Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 12:41 PM
So sad to see NSSR go. Many thanks to Niels and the DJs for many happy hours of great listening.
Thanks, also, for coordinating the Surf Top 101 votes and providing a home for the lists. Here are the final lists for Classic and Revival Surf Music tracks according to the listeners of North Sea Surf Radio and the members of SurfGuitar101. These lists are a wonderful gift that Niels has given us. Anyone new to the Surf Music genre and wanting to dive deeper should start here.
Classic Surf Top 101 - 2016, 4th Edition
1 (2) Dick Dale & his Del-Tones - "Misirlou"
2 (3) The Chantays - "Pipeline"
3 (5) The Trashmen - "Malaguena"
4 (1) The Fender IV - "Mar Gaya"
5 (6) The Astronauts - "Baja"
6 (4) The Sentinels - "Latinia"um.
7 (8) The Belairs - "Mr. Moto"
8 (7) The Lively Ones - "Surf Rider"
9 (13) The Astronauts - "Movin"
10 (9) The Pyramids - "Penetratrion"
11 (10) Eddie & The Showmen - "Squad Car"
12 (11) Dick Dale & his Del-Tones - "The Wedge"
13 (15) Dave & The Customs - "Ali Baba"
14 (12) The Fender IV - "Everybody Up!"
15 (19) The Original Surfaris - "Exotic"
16 (14) The Atlantics - "Bombora"
17 (16) Dick Dale & his Del-Tones - "The Victor"
18 (21) The Astronauts - "Surf Party"
19 (17) The Original Surfaris - "Bombora"
20 (26) The Pharos - “Pintor”
21 (18) Link Wray - "Jack the Ripper"
22 (20) The Lively Ones - "High Tide (Tranquilizer)"
23 (31) The Ventures - "Walk Don't Run"
24 (27) Bobby Fuller & the Fanatics - "Our Favorite Martian"
25 (22) The Surfaris - "Wipe Out"
26 (23) The Original Surfaris - "Surfari"
27 (24) The Centurions - "Bullwinkle Pt. II"
28 (35) Sandy Nelson - "Casbah"
29 (32) Yuzo Kayama - "Black Sand Beach"
30 (37) Jim Messina & his Jesters - "The Jester"
31 (48) The Hondells - "Haulin 'Honda"
32 (40) The Creations - "Crash!"
33 (25) The Avengers VI - "Time Bomb"
34 (38) Richie Allan & the Pacific Surfers - "The Quiet Surf"
35 (34) The Marketts - "Out of Limits"
36 (28) Eddie & The Showmen - "Mr. Rebel"
37 (33) The Surfaris - "Point Panic"
38 (29) The Fender IV - "Malibu Run"
39 (43) The New Dimensions - "Cat On A Hot Foam Board"
40 (42) The Crossfires - "Fiberglass Jungle"
41 (46) The Sentinals - "Exotic"
42 (30) The Astronauts - "Hot Doggin '"
43 (41) The Sandals - "Theme From The Endless Summer"
44 (36) The Ventures - "Diamond Head"
45 (58) The Belairs - "Bedlam"
46 (45) Dave Myers & The Surftones - "Gear"
47 (49) The New Dimensions - "Failsafe"
48 (53) Al Casey with the KC-ettes - "The Hearse"
49 (39) The Chandelles - "El Gato"
50 (55) Davie Allan & the Arrows - "Blues Theme"
51 (50) The Original Surfaris - "Failsafe"
52 (52) Dave Myers - "Moment of Truth"
53 (47) The Centurions - Intoxica
54 (51) The Pyramids - "Bikini Drag"
55 (62) The Super Stocks - "Midnight Run"
56 (54) Jerry Cole - "Deep Surf"
57 (44) Dick Dale & his Del-Tones - "Hava Nagila"
58 (56) The Ventures - "Journey to the Stars"
59 (76) PJ and the Galaxies - Tally Ho!
60 (66) The Trademarks - "Baha Ree Bah"
61 (57) The Toads - "Morpheus"
62 (64) The Surfaris - "Storm Surf"
63 (74) The Nocturnes - "Third Star To The Left"
64 (61) Eddie & The Showmen - "Scratch"
65 (71) Link Wray - "Run Chicken Run"
66 (59) The Catalinas - "Banzai Washout"
67 (78) Link Wray - "Rumble"
68 (65) Jim Messina & his Jesters - "Yang Bu"
69 (72) Eddie & The Showmen - "Toes on the Nose"
70 (67) The Nocturnes - Baha Ree Ba!
71 (92) The Avengers VI - "Heartbeat"
72 (81) Dick Dale & his Del-Tones - "Take it off
73 (70) Attila & The Huns - “The Lonely Huns”
74 (80) The Vy-Dels - "Unknown"
75 (79) Jack Nitzsche - "The Lonely Surfer"
76 (83) The Vistas "Ghost Wave"
77 (82) Eddie & The Showmen - "Far Away Places"
78 (60) The Surf Teens - "Moment of Truth"
79 (73) The Astronauts - "The Hearse"
80 (63) The Revels - "Intoxica
81 (86) The Fentones - the Mexican
82 (97) The Gamblers - "Moon Dawg!"
83 (RE) The Nevegans - "Russian Roulette"
84 (95) The Chantays - "Monsoon
85 (84) The Blazers - "Sound of Mecca"
86 (88) The Debonairs - High Wall "
87 (N) Les Jaguars - Jet guitar
88 (90) The Surfmen - "Paradise Cove"
89 (68) The Phantoms - XL-3
90 (69) The Shadows - "Apache"
91 (98) The Rumblers - Boss
92 (N) The Revels - "Comanche
93 (94) The Tornadoes - "Bustin 'Surfboards"
94 (N) Dick Dale & his Del-Tones - "Let's Go Trippin '"
95 (101) The Chantays - "Wayward Nile"
96 (100) The Surfmen - "El Toro"
97 (75) Jim Messina & His Jesters - "The Cossack"
98 (77) The Pyramids - "Pressure"
99 (91) Dick Dale & his Del-Tones - "Surfbeat"
100 (93) The Sentinals - "Big Surf"
101 (N) The Fireballs - "Bulldog"
Surf Revival Top 101 - 2016, 4th Edition
1 (1) Los Twang! Marvels - "Sea of Glory"
2 (2) The Surf Coasters - "Intruder"
3 (6) Jon & the Nightriders - "Rumble at Waikiki"
4 (5) The Treble Spankers - "Jaa-Rabbi"
5 (3) Frankie & The Pool Boys - "Ewa on the Beach"
6 (4) Slacktone - "The Bells of St. Kahuna"
7 (7) The Bambi Molesters - "As the Dark Wave Swells"
8 (8) Los Straitjackets - "Pacifica"
9 (10) Jon & the Nightriders - "Depth Charge"
10 (13) Los Straitjackets - "Tailspin"
11 (9) Satan's Pilgrims - "Badge of Honor"
12 (12) The Barbwires - "La Caja del Muerto"
13 (15) The Fathoms - "Fathomless"
14 (11) The Bambi Molesters - "Point Break"
15 (20) The Kilaueas - "Bernard of Hollywood"
16 (18) Jon & the Nightriders - "Moving target"
17 (27) The Nebulas - "Nebula One"
18 (19) Insect Surfers - "Mojave"
19 (44) The Phantom Four - "Ramgaya"
20 (16) Insect Surfers - "Polaris"
21 (25) Satan's Pilgrims - "Devil's Punchbowl
22 (28) The Surf Coasters - "Sea Knows"
23 (23) The Fathoms - "Getaway Car"
24 (17) The Space Cossacks - "The Apes of Wrath"
25 (14) The Bambi Molesters - "Theme from Slaying Beauty"
26 (29) Messer Chups - "Lipstick Twang"
27 (35) The Treble Spankers - "Dilmohammed"
28 (30) The Space Rangers - "Mr. Lou
29 (21) Fifty Foot Combo - "It's Alive"
30 (22) The Space Cossacks - "Red Sunrise"
31 (31) Slacktone - "Longboard Legato"
32 (24) The Treble Spankers - "Mirananda"
33 (26) The Space Cossacks - "Tsar Wars"
34 (34) Laika & the Cosmonauts - "Floating"
35 (37) The Halibuts– "Mr. Mysterioso"
36 (42) Satan's Pilgrims - "Super Stock"
37 (69) The Space Cossacks - "The Space Victory Theme"
38 (38) The Anacondas - "Tucson"
39 (49) The Surf Raiders - "Point Conception 63"
40 (43) The Fathoms - “Overboard”
41 (77) The Phantom Four - "El Palmero"
42 (32) Los Kahunas - "6G15"
43 (58) Lost Acapulco - "Malaga Storm"
44 (64) The Space Cossacks - "Tsunami Tsurprise"
45 (33) The Boss Martians - "XKE!"
46 (73) The Cavernarios - "Camino A Varadero"
47 (N) The Madeira - "Journey to the Center of the Surf"
48 (36) The Ghastly Ones - "Ghastly Stomp
49 (67) The Penetrators - "Checkpoint Echo"
50 (78) Man or Astro-Man? - "Television Fission"
51 (41) The Infrareds - The Red Scare
52 (68) The Dynotones - High Wall
53 (39) The Phantom Four - "Van Loo"
54 (59) Slacktone - "Mysterioso
55 (74) The Ghastly Ones - "Haulin 'Hearse"
56 (61) The Mobsmen - Barbershop Accident
57 (79) Los Straitjackets - "Kawanga"
58 (48) The Atlantics - “Flight Of The Surf Guitar”
59 (71) Satan's Pilgrims - "Haunted House of Rock"
60 (97) The Ghastly Ones - "The Attack Of Robot Atomico"
61 (85) The Space Cossacks - "Transylvanian Orbit [Romanian Dance Of The Undead)"
62 (92) Jon & the Nightriders - "Force of gravity"
63 (N) Santos Morcegos - A Raia
64 (40) Langhorns - "Tierra del Fuego"
65 (88) Surfer Joe - "The North Swell"
66 (83) The Mermen - "Ocean beach"
67 (60) The Surfites - "Space Encounter"
68 (45) Slacktone - "Tidal Wave"
69 (46) Man or Astro-Man? - "Transmissions from Venus"
70 (47) El Ray - "Spacecar 2001
71 (93) Man or Astro-Man? - "Eric Estrotica"
72 (81) The Dead Rocks - "Mr. Antonis"
73 (90) The Treble Spankers - "Araban"
74 (N) Langhorns - "Surf '99"
75 (50) The Surftones - "Cecilia Ann"
76 (89) Els A-Phonics - "El Torcal"
77 (80) Daikaiju - "Zombie Harem"
78 (94) The Tormentos - "Locked In"
79 (51) Burt Rocket - "Mr. Motor"
80 (N) The Mermen - "Unto the Resplendent"
81 (57) Daikaiju - "Flight of Garuda"
82 (52) Speedball Jr - V8
83 (53) The Sandals - “Wingnut's Theme”
84 (100) Langhorns - "The Eternal Wave"
85 (54) The Madeira - "The Saracen
86 (55) Satan's Pilgrims - "Creature Feature"
87 (56) Jon & the Nightriders - "Catalina"
88 (82) Los Coronas - "Hacha de Guerra"
89 (62) Los Twang! Marvels - "Kaha Huna (The Godess of Surfing)"
90 (63) Los Coronas - "Adios Sancho
91 (65) Los Straitjackets - "Rockula"
92 (N) The Concussions - "Morning Breath"
93 (66) Pollo Del Mar - "A Flash of Green"
94 (70) The Agamemnons - "Apollo"
95 (99) Phantom Frank - "Punjabi"
96 (N) The Nebulas - "Tuco's Lament"
97 (75) Satans Pilgrims - "¿Que Honda?"
98 (72) Dirty Fuse - "Sunset Beach"
99 (101) The Treble Spankers - "Ultra Wave"
100 (76) The Ghastly Ones - "Thunderhead
101 (86) The Madeira - "Undercurrents"
— -Tim
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19265
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 01:09 PM
Thanks to Niels and all the DJs, this has been a fantastic resource!
This news hits close to home...
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RobbieReverb
Joined: Feb 28, 2006
Posts: 2342
San Jose, Ca.
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 02:34 PM
I'm very sorry to hear this. Many thanks to Niels and the DJ's for their phenomenal work. I greatly appreciate that this has been a true labor of love. I'll look forward to the eventual return of NSSR, in some form.
— Bob
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25538
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 04:21 PM
I’m very sad to hear this, even though I had stopped doing my show.
Hope to see some return in the future.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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montereyjack66
Joined: Jul 23, 2014
Posts: 637
LA -ish
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 07:26 PM
Wow! Thus endeth an era. May a new one begin and soon! A hearty thank you to all involved, now, in the past, and in the future.
— mj
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Do not attempt to adjust your TV set.
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martinblasick
Joined: Nov 27, 2019
Posts: 128
Los Angeles
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Posted on Dec 17 2019 07:40 PM
As a newcomer to the surf scene I was just getting started with NSSR for about the last month. Thanks for the great work.
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stratdancer
Joined: Dec 11, 2013
Posts: 2533
Akron, Ohio
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Posted on Dec 18 2019 09:45 AM
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Ariel
Joined: Aug 29, 2009
Posts: 1556
Israel
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Posted on Dec 18 2019 12:29 PM
Thank you, all that have had a hand in this, and especially to all the DJ's for your extra work and heart. It has been my go-to station for all these years, and I've been exposed to so much good music I would have never otherwise.
Hope an alternative will rise up, some day.
Good times!
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Wombat
Joined: Oct 13, 2011
Posts: 251
Byron Bay, Australia
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Posted on Dec 18 2019 02:20 PM
NSSR is THE best! its its the one beacon of light in a dark world of mediocre internet radio.
This is sad news. Hopefully it will return
— 'Surf Music Lasts Forever'
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Fady
Joined: Mar 07, 2010
Posts: 2252
North Carolina
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Posted on Dec 18 2019 02:59 PM
Thank you Niels & everyone who helped chase the dream! Sad to hear the news, but encouraged by the 'not forever' sentiment.
— Fady
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Clarry
Joined: Oct 01, 2014
Posts: 519
Streatham, London
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Posted on Dec 20 2019 05:47 AM
That's a shame. Thanks for the great music.
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Mike75
Joined: Jul 28, 2013
Posts: 220
Hong Kong
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Posted on Dec 21 2019 03:21 AM
My criticisms of NSSR are widely known, however...
I’m willing to offer the entirety of nssr a home on our servers, without charge, in perpetuity.
There are three conditions. 1) No more toxicity and surf snobbery. 2) donation campaigns are directed to me to cover my running costs. 3) Reverb Mike is in charge of music policy.
So, if you care about preserving “traditional surf” that is your lifeline.
Merry Christmas.
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revmike
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3797
North Atlantic
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Posted on Dec 21 2019 08:35 AM
Hi Mike,
I don’t have the time to be in charge of the music policy . Not sure who recommended me for the position, but they didn’t reach out to me first to see if I was on board with this suggestion. NSSR is Niels project. Have you approached him with your offer?
Rev
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montereyjack66
Joined: Jul 23, 2014
Posts: 637
LA -ish
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Posted on Dec 21 2019 05:18 PM
Mike75 wrote:
My criticisms of NSSR are widely known, however...
I’m willing to offer the entirety of nssr a home on our servers, without charge, in perpetuity.
There are three conditions. 1) No more toxicity and surf snobbery. 2) donation campaigns are directed to me to cover my running costs. 3) Reverb Mike is in charge of music policy.
So, if you care about preserving “traditional surf” that is your lifeline.
Merry Christmas.
Surf is cool. (duh) NSSR is WAY cool. 1. We need to consider that it is more than a radio station that appeals (presently) to a small portion of the planet. It is also a repository for a folk music. Until the Smithsonian comes a knockin'... 2. Jimi dug surf music. 3. Any opportunity to combat snobbery in all of it's evil forms should be considered.
— mj
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Do not attempt to adjust your TV set.
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