Q:Facts: - |name: chris mosdell - years active: 1976 -- present - origin: gainsborough , england - label: sony music japan - image size: 150 - background: solo_singer - image: chrismosdell.jpg - associated acts: yellow , eric clapton , sadistic mika band magic orchestra , ryuichi sakamoto , michael jackson - occupation: lyricist , composer , poet , author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of chris mosdell .
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chris mosdell is a british lyricist , poet , author , composer , vocalist and illustrator , based in tokyo , japan , and new york city , usa .he has collaborated with an extensive array of musicians and artists , though he is especially known for his work with yellow magic orchestra and the poet shuntaro tanikawa .his interactive audio-visual album '' equasian '' , featuring an experimentation with '' visic '' -lrb- visual music -rrb- , melded his scientific background into a musical framework , and his '' oracles of distraction '' , a set of poetic cards set to musical coordinates , further expanded his lyrical idiom .he has written lyrics for sarah brightman and boy george ; co-written lyrics with michael jackson , had his work covered by eric clapton , worked with the west african kora player toumani diabate and the calligraphy artist juichi yoshikawa ; and wrote the verse dance drama '' amaterasu , the resurrection of radiance '' , that was performed with the city ballet of london at the theatre royal , drury lane -lrb- 2001 -rrb- .as '' mozz '' , mosdell has also released a series of award-winning children 's books , which he also illustrates .a film about his life entitled '' ink music : in the land of the hundred-tongued lyricist '' , featuring interviews with many of his collaborators and shot in japan and the united states , was released in 2009 .the documentary bills him as the '' lafcadio hearn of lyrics '' , long term collaborator ryuichi sakamoto describes his interpretation of how mosdell creates his varied works ; '' when i read his lyrics , i see him in a high school chemistry laboratory , making molotov cocktails -- his eyes lucid , blue and very clear . ''