A Certain Ratio

Marti Moscrop: Winter Hill was just a studio Jam – which is me on the drum kit, everyone on percussion, Pete playing the two massive notes on his guitar.  Simon`s vocal was put into an Eventide Harmonizer and Marshall Time Modulator which produced that ethereal choir-like voice. I think at the time we were listening to The Rhythm Devils album The Apocalypse Now Sessions which was a percussion-based project led by The Grateful Dead’s drummers, which was quite scary – especially when listening to it on acid or mushrooms. Winter Hill was our version of that and it turned out just as scary. It was named after Winter Hill near Manchester which we went to visit around that time and was always a favourite spot of Jez’s. [Source]