[teknosmoker]

Hi Marshall - First of all, thanks for doing this Q & A on Gearslutz.

Move Your Body has got to be one of the most influential (and most sampled) house records in existence. Can you give us some detail regarding the inspiration that led to the production of the track and what gear was used to both perform and record it?

Also, how do you feel about the fact that so many people have sampled snippets of your tracks to incorporate into their own productions (Jeff Mills' "Shifty Disco E.P." comes to mind)? Do you regard it as a homage to your work - or do you feel that it is a violation of your copyrighted material. This as a very controversial issue in house music today. So much of it is sample-based and back in the day, nobody ever bothered getting samples cleared (from movies, old disco, funk & R&B records), as the music was underground. What are your thoughts on the subject today?

-T