Who is Dr. Leonard Stamford Duppenis?
Dr. Zeus van de Spectrum.
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Dr. Leonard Stamford Duppenis, PhD, BSc, MSc MDMA.
DR Leonard Stamford Duppenis was born into a short but tedious family in Switzerland in the summer of 1952, or maybe it was later than that. Following allegations about his parents harboring Nazi gold, his father Rodolfo moved the family to Skegness, England where they set up a very successful jewelry business making the now famous phat gold chains worn by New York rappers such as Eric B and Kool G Rap.
But his family’s stay on the East Coast was short-lived after unrest and allegations from the local community about Leonard’s school uniform which appeared to be made from an old SS Officer’s jacket.
Fearing the worst, Leonard’s father quickly established himself as the leading chartered accountant in Norwich, winning many accountancy trophies between 1959-69, in addition to holding the record for the largest turnip ever to be shown at the Norfolk County Turnip and Swede Awards 1962.
Picking up from his father’s natural ability to make money as well as ‘con people’[1], Leonard put on what is arguably the world’s first ever acid house rave, in one of the family’s many outside toilets in 1968. Amongst the revelers was a very young Danny Rampling, in addition to other famous, now D list celebrities. Thanks to the Duppenis’ immense wealth, conjured up by his father’s speculative nature and ‘his ability to pull the wool over people’s eyes’[2] it allowed the young Leonard to go to the Essex University of Free Expression in 1969. It was here where the young Duppenis was encouraged to nurture and enhance his mind through the aid of psychedelic drugs and sherbet fountains.
After gaining his Masters Degree in 1974, Duppenis left England for the sun of Florida, once there he immersed himself into the music and culture of that era, which was a shame as he’d missed the best music by five years and should have been on the west coast of America. In 1977 he was approached by the London school of Flare Garments to give lectures on the importance of ‘metal floors in discotheques’ and ‘which types of acid you needed to make a Tangerine Dream record. It was this return to academia that spurred Leonard on to study for his PhD at the University of Queens Park Rangers. His chosen subject was on the effects of punk rock music on otters, he decided that his results were inconclusive, but still to this day remains adamant that otters were a major influence on the new wave scene.
Despite gaining his PhD, Duppenis decided against becoming a professor, as he argued that he had once met one and had found him to be the most disagreeable of people.
In 1984, Duppenis went to Glasgow where he met his wife Morag, whilst there he formed a research group studying the effect of rap music on rappers, his findings were widely regarded as groundbreaking in the realms of ‘dance science’. His conclusions proved that rappers were more likely to die of rap-related incidents than country and western musicians.
In recent years, Duppenis has concentrated his energy on house music, looking at it from what he calls a ‘rightfield’[3] point of view, and like the growing band of professors in this field receiving more praise for their clever and concise understanding of electronic music. Thanks to Duppenis, the way we look at techno, jungle, house and hardcore will never be the same.