For Bryson Tiller's first tour in almost 10 years, his brief for production designers Raw Cereal were the words: cool, metallic, robotic, reflective, illuminated, back lit. In place of a complicated stage environment, Tiller asked for a monolith with video and lasers, strong and simple, where he would look almost like the last man on earth. Tron-esque, but more Dune, "a beautiful loneliness." Raw Cereal focused on creating a monolith that could work with lights, video content, and also as a dark tower.
Scroll down for pre-tour plos and plans, a gear list, and the creative team.
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The lighting design kept keylight low and moody, with X4 Bars and Pixel Lines employed to create a "chasm of light" between the monoliths. The lighting created FOMO for what was happening backstage, where featured artists would emerge from the gap. VL3600s and JDC1s were used for backlighting from above, two VLS600s and were on the small downstage truss along with the lasers, and followspots used dark gels to keep Bryson in silhouette.
Gear List
Vendors North America
Screenworks NEP
Premier Global Production
JDL FX
SGPS ShowRig (stage risers and custom video wall corners)
Technical Arts Group (TAG)
Vendors Europe
Screenworks NEP
PRG
Clair Global
ER Productions
Lighting
26 Vari-Lite VL3600 Profile IP
32 Ayrton MagicPanel FX
59 GLP impression X4 Bar 20
59 ACME Pixel Line IP
16 GLP JDC1
16 Martin VDO Fatron 20 (1000mm)
1 grandMA3 full-size console
House Followspots, two on Bryson, with the custom five-frame gel boom
Europe: PRG is substituting the Ayrton Eagle Strike for the VL3600 Profile IP, the Chauvet Ovation Cyc 3 for the Fatron and the GLP X5 MAXX IP for the Magic Panel FX.
Video
76 ROE CB8 Transparent (upstage towers)
356 ROE CB5 half panels (cube faces)
Brompton SX40 processors with Tessera XD distribution and R2 receivers
Primary: Screenworks DVS G1 media server (NVIDIA RTX A6000), Resolume and Notch
Backup: Operator's Resolume and Notch machines, NDI-linked, APC40 control
Lightware MX2-16x16 HDMI matrix with Lightware OPTJ fiber transmission from FOH to video village
Camera package: two engineered 1080p feeds on fiber, Notch-treated IMAG
Brainstorm SR112 timecode and Ross analog reference DA; system at 59.94p, content at 29.97
Lasers and special effects
8 60W RGB lasers
8 33W RGB lasers
8 Hurricane flame units
2 Cloud 9 low-lying foggers
6 Titan 1800 foggers (2 at FOH)
2 MDG The ONE hazers
2 Reel EFX RE-5 fans
Audio
14 + 4 per side, d&b audiotechnik GSL8 and GSL12 (main hangs)
8 per side, d&b SL-SUB (flown)
12 + 4 per side, d&b KSL8 and KSL12 (outfill)
20, d&b SL-GSUB (ground)
8 d&b V12 (front fill), d&b D80 amplification
Structure and rigging
Rig: 80-point hang
Truss: Tyler GT towers, TC1212 box truss and 12-inch ladder beam
Trims: LX and downstage laser truss at 35'; video cube tops at 32'1"; truss towers at 30'
The NeoTrapSoul Tour 2026 Team + Instagram
Creative production studio: Raw Cereal creative direction, show direction, stage and lighting design, video content, lighting and video programming, show producing
Tour Direction: Emily Ockenden, Verve Productions
@emilymayockenden / @verve.production
Tour Production: KelCo Productions
@kelco.io
Stage Managers: Jon Bracken, Chris Pringle, AJ Weiger
@kelco.io @ayjayofficial
Program Touring: Justin Weatherspoon, Jess Oliney, Christopher Burns
@theprogramtouring @itsjrock @finessyca @chrisputmeon
Show Designer and Director: Cort Lawrence
@cortlawrence
Executive Producer: Anders Rahm
@anders_rahm
Executive Producer: Aaron Johnson
@aaron2aj
Producer: Taylor Ross
@taylordaneross
Project Manager: Matt Van Daele
@matty.v.d
Creative and Content Director: Anders Rostad
@andersrostad
Technical Director, Production: Clear All Visuals
@clearallvisuals
Lighting Design: Raw Cereal
@raw_cereal
Lighting Programmer and Operator: Tim Keller
@_tim_keller_
Video Programmer and Operator: Conner Hill
@smudgevisuals
Laser Programmer and Operator: Eric “Sparkles” O’Brien
@sparklesthelaserguy
Flames Programmer: Mike Sholes
@pyrojr
Flames Programmer and Operator: Kurt Powdhar
@kcbangher
Art Director: Chadwick
@chadwickmak
Unreal Engine Artist: Caisar Hadi
@caisarhadi
3D Artist: Kasper
@kasper.steernberg
3D Artist: Bright Raven
@brightraven3d
Editor: Billy Wood
@billywoods5
Editor: Michelle Pino
@michellepino
Editor: Emilio
@milovision
Editor: Parker Schmidt
@parker.schmidt
Editor: Jack Steadson
@jacksteadson
Notch: Trevor Boesiger
@trevorboesiger
AI Artist: Barry Brown
