River Tiber (musician)

Tommy Paxton-Beesley (born 1991), also known as River Tiber, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.^[2] He released his debut studio album Indigo in 2016. As a songwriter, Paxton-Beesley has frequently collaborated with producer Frank Dukes and artists including Kaytranada, Daniel Caesar, and BadBadNotGood. He has co-written the charting songs "No Tellin'" by Drake, "Broken Clocks" by SZA, "AstroThunder" by Travis Scott, and "I Keep Calling" by James Blake.

Paxton-Beesley was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He also spent a year in Italy as a child, where he lived near the Tiber River.^[3] Growing up, he took part in community music programs and attended the Claude Watson School for the Arts.^[4] He attended McGill University before graduating from the Berklee School of Music.^[5][6]

He released his debut EP The Star Falls in 2013,^[2] and followed up in 2015 with When the Time Is Right.^[7] A track from the latter EP, "No Talk", was sampled by producer Boi-1da for "No Tellin'", from the 2015 album If You're Reading This It's Too Late.^[4] Paxton-Beesley has also collaborated with BADBADNOTGOOD on their 2015 album Sour Soul,^[2] with Kaytranada on his Polaris Music Prize-winning 99.9%,^[2] and with Jazz Cartier on a track for Hotel Paranoia.^[2]

He released his debut full-length album Indigo in 2016.^[8] In 2017, he won a MuchMusic Video Award for "Acid Test",^[9] and the song was a shortlisted finalist for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2017.^[10] During the end of the decade, he worked with Toronto artists Charlotte Day Wilson and Daniel Caesar.

On December 9, 2022, he released his sophomore record "Dreaming Eyes".^[11] The album release was accompanied by a music video for the acclaimed track "Hypnotized" which was conceptualized and directed by Leo Aguirre.^[12] “Hypnotized” was also sampled on Kendrick Lamar’s "Savior" from his 2023 Grammy Award-winning album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.^[13]

He is the brother of actress Alex Paxton-Beesley.^[14]

• From Now On (2011)
• Synapses (2013)
• Indigo (2016)
• Dreaming Eyes (2022)

• The Star Falls (2013)
• When the Time Is Right (2015)

• "Prophets" (2014)
• "West" with Daniel Caesar from Indigo (2016)
• "Illusions" (feat. Pusha T) / "Gravity" (2016)
• "Acid Test" from Indigo (2016)
• "Patience" (2017)
• "Deep End" (2018)
• "Taurus" (2019)
• "Nevada" (2019)
• "Rainbow Road" / "Hypnotized" (2020)
• "Sent from Above" (2021)

• Kaytranada – "Bus Ride" and "Vivid Dreams" (feat. River Tiber) – from 99.9% (2015)
• Selena Gomez – "Kill Em With Kindness - River Tiber Remix" single (2016)
• Jazz Cartier – "Tell Me" (feat. River Tiber) from Hotel Paranoia (2016); also producer
• Junia-T – "Tommy's Intro" (feat. River Tiber & Sean Leon) from Studio Monk (2020)

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Albums

• Justin Nozuka – Ulysees (2014); musician
• BadBadNotGood – III (2014); guitar, violin, cello
• BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul (2015); cello, violin, trombone, guitar, organ
• Tess Parks – Blood Hot (2015); co-producer, drums, guitar, bass, tambourine, cello
• Kingsway Music Library – Colors (2015); musician

Tracks

• Daniel Caesar – "Death & Taxes" from Pilgrim's Paradise (2015); music
• Sean Leon – "This Ain't 2012" single (2015); additional vocals^[15]
• Freddie Gibbs – "Insecurities" from Shadow of a Doubt (2015); additional vocals
• Daniel Caesar – "Won't Live Here" single (2016); music
• Charlotte Day Wilson – "Where Do You Go" from CDW (2016); producer, bass, cello, violin, synth
• Post Malone – "Cold" from Stoney (2016); background vocals
• Charlotte Day Wilson – "Let You Down" & "Falling Apart" from Stone Woman (2018); strings, synth, vocals, drums
• Kaytranda – "Freefall" from Bubba (2019); synth