The roots of exTra run deep: The name and the fundamental concept for this musical project were conceived as far back as 1990. However, the vision had to remain dormant for over three decades, as the means to realize it simply didn't exist.
Behind exTra is producer Tom Heinz. For a long time he did not play a traditional instrument himself, yet he never gave up on the dream of having his own band. Only today, in the age of artificial intelligence, has he found the tools to finally make his ideas audible. And on "Albion" he plays on the recordings himself for the first time.
exTra is a modern AI band — and that changes everything. A traditional band is limited by what its members can play. exTra is not. Thanks to AI, the entire spectrum of musical styles is available: any instrument, any genre, any era. The music always serves the concept — not the other way around.
exTra makes concept albums, each one built around a single idea, a world, a question. The genre follows from the