There is a Hypnotic Brass Ensemble documentary in the works. I first saw these cats (eight siblings on horns plus their drummer) in Miami for M3 several years ago. They’ve since surfaced for me a few times, bringing their deep brass sounds (think Miles Davis meets New Orleans’ Rebirth Brass Band) to LA’s Echoplex most recently.
Some notes from the director Reuben Atlas (via The New Yorker):
I began filming in the fall of 2006, during my last year of law school. (I snuck in shoots between classes and visits to the library.) Hypnotic’s music is what sparked my initial interest—it also helped me pass the bar exam—but it was their nomadic, Utopian existence and deep commitment to uphold their family’s values that inspired the documentary. About six months into filming, the band’s career started to take off and I was fortunate enough to capture their evolution. The feature-length documentary is scheduled for completion by the summer of 2010.
