Hendrik Otremba was born in 1984 in the Ruhr area and now lives in Berlin. He is a writer, visual artist and singer of the group Messer, and also works as a lecturer for creative writing and occasionally as a curator. As a freelance journalist, he writes sporadically about music. His paintings are published and exhibited as album covers and in various magazines.
His debut novel Above Us the Foam was published in March 2017, followed by his second novel Tilebad's Legacy in August 2019 by Hoffmann und Campe. In 2018, work on the book was supported by the Berlin Senate's working grant for literature.
With Messer, he has released five albums to date, most recently No Future Dubs in 2021.