The Complete Archive
The Watch Hall
Every documented performance, program, and dispatch of the Breathairean Ensemble — restored from the original breathairmusic.com and the channel, and playable right here. Press play on anything.
Concert · April 6, 2006
Children of the Sun
Cohen Family Studio Theater at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati — performed as Prof. Spira’s Master of Music recital. The full film, the commentary, and every track.
The Full Concert Film
The complete 53-minute DVD, start to finale.
The Concert with Commentary
The band talks through the performance.
Retrospect / Rocket #9
The Sun Ra tribute.
Giggin’ / Free Jazz
For Ornette Coleman.
Leo
Fable of Aireater
The ancient story of the Breathaireans, set to music.
Jackson in the House / Odwalla’s Theme
For the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Children of the Sun (Finale)
Fruit and air is the key!
Television · July 14, 2006
B.E. on City Nights
Recorded live on July 14, 2006, and aired in the Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati area on cable television.
Introduction and Tribute to Roscoe Mitchell
Talking about Arnold Ehret’s Mucusless Diet Healing System
The message, on the public airwaves.
Do You Understand Your Immortal Rights?
One for Vic
For Victor Buttrom, who brought the Healing System to Cincinnati’s musicians.
Jammin’ in the Key of Sun
Funkin’ in the Key of Apple
Celebrations · 2007–08
Booker T. Washington Health Month
The Health Month Celebrations at Northern Kentucky University — filmed live April 18, 2007, and April 2008.
Fly with the Wind
The McCoy Tyner tribute — the band’s most-watched performance, 24,000 views and counting.
Pretty Music
That Mucus (See Spira Rap!)
Soul Food Killed More Black People than the Ku Klux Klan
From the 2nd Annual celebration, April 2008 — preserved on Odysee.
Tunji
From the 2nd Annual celebration, April 2008.
The Reunion · July 28, 2023
Twelve Years Later
Friday night, July 28, 2023 — the Ensemble’s first appearance in twelve years, at the 5th Annual Prof. Arnold Ehret Day Celebration. The documentary short carries glimpses of the reunion; the full concert edit is still in the vault.
5th Annual Prof. Arnold Ehret Day Celebration — A Documentary Short
Images and moments from the celebration — including the Breathairean Ensemble, together again.
Festival · June 11, 2011
What You Will Fest
Filmed live at the What You Will Festival in Sunbury, OH, June 11, 2011.
Introduction: “See you at the Ceremony”
Brother Air opens the set.
Bootleg #1
Bootleg #2
Bootleg #3
Bootleg #4
Bootleg #5
The Record
Documentaries & Dispatches
The band’s story, philosophy, and community — on film.
Charles Lloyd and the Breathairean Ensemble (2011)
In 2003 Brother Air and Prof. Spira met Charles Lloyd in Columbus, OH. Lloyd — also an advocate of Arnold Ehret and the Mucusless Diet Healing System — wanted to hear Air and Spira’s music. That meeting resulted in the creation of the Breathairean Ensemble and inspired Air’s 8½-month fast. After many years, Brother Air, Prof. Spira, and Baby Babaji meet with Lloyd again — and finally get him the music he inspired them to create.
9½-Month Fasts: a 30-Year Practitioner Speaks
Brother Air shares his experiences practicing the Mucusless Diet Healing System — filmed months into a juice fast and days into a dry fast. Take a look: how old do you think this brother is?
Brother Air and Baby Babaji: Music that Saves Lives (2007)
Two of the best street musicians around! Both practitioners of the Mucusless Diet Healing System, taking the message directly to the people.
Black Health Consciousness: B.T.W. Health Month Documentary
Part of the presentation at the 1st Annual Booker T. Washington Health Month Celebration at Northern Kentucky University, April 18, 2007. The quality is a bit depreciated here, but the message is still clear.
Children from the Mucusless Community Speak
The Children of the Sun speak about their mucus-free lifestyles!
A Day in Eden with the Children of the Sun
The Children of the Sun going to play at Eden Park in Cincinnati, OH — April 15, 2006.
The Holistic Health Fair (2008)
The 2nd Annual Booker T. Washington Holistic Health Fair at NKU, April 26, 2008 — featuring Bi-Okoto, EarthSave Cincinnati, Mercy for Animals, Ballet Tech Cincinnati, Ken Leslie, and the Breathairean Ensemble.
Daktehu Interviews John Mooter of EarthSave
Health and dietary issues, discussed at the 2008 Holistic Health Fair.
Dietetic Double Standards
Spira examines the “lenses” society constructs around diet and lifestyle — and proposes that an alcoholic beverage made from fermented fruit is still rotten and nasty, regardless of the value assigned to it by society.
Spira Speaks: Episode #1
Origin-Era Artifacts
Promos & Relics
The original promotional reels and the five-second logo sting — preserved.
Breathair Promo Video #1
Song clip: “A Cry for the Ignorant,” composed by Prof. Spira and performed by the Breathairean Ensemble (2006).
Rhinoceros: The Original Soundtrack
Music clips from the commissioned NKU score.
The Logo Sting
Kalub’s emblem, animated — five seconds of pure identity.
The reunion concert itself — the full performance from that July night — was filmed and has never been released. When the edit is done, it premieres in this hall.