Chrisanthou was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England on 21 January 1967 to a Greek Cypriot father and English mother. He started playing guitar at the age of nine. Chrisanthou played guitar in various local bands and did session work from the age of fourteen. Whilst at Pollard Park middle school, Chrisanthou became noted for his football skills.
Chrisanthou began his production career around 1998 with a number of local artists and eventually signed a production/publishing agreement to Goodgroove Songs in 2004. Goodgroove is part-owned by ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ Gary Davies. Fellow Bradfordian songwriter/producer John Beck introduced Chrisanthou to Corinne Bailey Rae and they began to write and demo material for her first eponymous album Corinne Bailey Rae. It was released in February 2006 by EMI. The first single from the album Put Your Records On, released in 2006, was co-written with Beck and Bailey Rae and produced by Chrisanthou with additional production from Jimmy Hogarth. The single went on to sell over one million copies. The follow-up single Trouble Sleeping was also written by the same personnel and achieved Top 40 in the UK in 2006. The first album eventually went on to sell over four million copies worldwide. It was nominated for many international awards, including a Grammy and won a MOBO. In 2007 Put Your Records On won an ASCAP Award for 'Song Of The Year'. Songs from the first album were also featured in the 2006 film Venus. In 2005 John Beck and Chrisanthou, along with writer Charles Hutchinson, wrote 'Show A Little Faith' which appeared on the Charlotte Church album Tissues and Issues. In 2007 Chrisanthou recorded River with Corinne Bailey Rae for Herbie Hancocks Chrisanthou produced four tracks on Corinne Bailey Rae's second albumThe Sea released in Jan 2010. The album was nominated for a Mercury Prize. Chrisanthou has gone on to produce and co-write with many artists such as Dragonette - Chrisanthou wrote the 2007 single Take It Like A Man from the album Galore, Will Young, Paloma Faith, Lianne La Havas, a rare co-write with Ashford & Simpson and Bobby McFerrin. Chrisanthou has also worked with artists such as Jenniffer Kae, Greta's Bakery, Simon Webbe, Terri Walker and Indiana - Chrisanthou co-wrote her 2014 UK Top 40 song Solo Dancing and Eliza Doolittle - Chrisanthou co-wrote and produced the 2011 release Mr Medicine Chrisanthou co-wrote and co-produced two songs from third album by Corinne Bailey Rae called The Heart Speaks in Whispers which was released on 13 May 2016. Both songs were the first singles off the new album. He also has co-produced two further songs on the album. Chrisanthou produced Davy Knowles' album 'The Outsider' in 2015 and continues to nurture up-and-coming artists. Chrisanthou co-wrote, mixed and produced 'Show Me' by Gabrielle released in May 2018, her first release in 9 years and featured on BBC Radio 2. Chrisanthou has also co-written, mixing and produced 'Take A Minute', 'Young and Crazy' and 'Stronger' from Gabrielle's album Under My Skin released on 17 August 2018. Chrisanthou has also been working with UK based American singer Kate Earl and up-and-coming Scottish singer/songwriter Callum Beattie. Chrisanthou co-wrote and co-produced the song 'Mouth Of A Tiger' with Callum and Jim Duguid on the new album People Like Us released in May 2020. He also co-wrote/produced 'Braveheart' with Callum in 2018. 2020 has seen Chrisanthou heavily involved with writing and production for new American Neo soul artist Nyah Grace. He co-wrote and produced eight songs on her album 'Honey-Coloured' released in July 2020; Honey Coloured, Magnolia, My Sista Told Me Sunday, I Just Wish You Call Me, And I Love Him, Sooner or Later and Summer Luvin'. He mixed all the songs on the album. Chrisanthou has formed a publishing company called Trinity Songs with John Beck and Matthew Rumbold.
