MIDI-mix Kero Kero Bonito: 15 Best Christmas MIDIs Saved From Geocities

Kero Kero Bonito are responsible for some of the most entertaining moments of this year. The fast half of their name - “kero kero” - is the suffix used in Japanese to indicate that the animal or person speaking is a frog. Of course. From bonkers being-yourself anthem ‘Flamingo’, to various band members getting up on stage during Bo En’s DIY Presents set to perform on his remix of ‘My Party it’s been non-stop fun watching them do their thing.

The band have a massive sound-system (biggest in the world), and in addition, they’ve also got an encyclopaedic knowledge of GeoCities - a web hosting service that currently only works in Japan. They’ve delved deep into an archived MIDI library formed by a brave band of volunteers who raced to save the contents of GeoCities when Yahoo shut it down in 2009, and they’ve picked out the best Christmas MIDI files known to internet-kind. It’s the most batshit crazy festive mix you’ll ever hear.

All these hidden treasures can be downloaded here, courtesy of Kero Kero Bonito, and you can delve further into the cavernous depths of Geocities’ collection of salvaged MIDI files right here. A quick disclaimer: it contains 51,000 rescued songs, so maybe set aside a few days.

First thing’s first, though, pour some mulled wine, and hit play on Kero Kero Bonito’s Christmas MIDI-mix, created exclusively for DIY. Then scroll down for a guide to all 15 picks written by the band’s own Gus Lobban.