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We are Europe: Who is behind Kaiku and what is the history of your club?
Mikko Anisimoff: Kaiku's owners Toni Rantanen and Tim Uskali have been involved in Helsinki club culture since the early 90's and ran a bunch of venues over the years. Kaiku opened in 2013 and I've been working on its communications and marketing for the last 6–7 years. Marju Rotinen and Max Jaarte are more recent additions to our team, and all of us are also involved with the next-door venues Kuudes Linja and Siltanen as well as Ääniwalli, a warehouse club located in the Vallila district. As for Kaiku's history, we also need to mention our former programmer Lauri Soini, who naturally had a huge part in what the club became.
Where is your club located? Do you know its district's history?
Kaiku is located in a block that used to house the headquarters and factories of a big Finnish retailing cooperative organization Elanto way back in the last century. In 2005, Kuudes Linja opened in the space right next to (what was to become) Kaiku and Siltanen followed a couple of years later. This was the beginning of a big shift –...
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