Deniz Rakhmanova, known professionally as Deniz Reno, is a Canadian singer, songwriter and visual artist. Reno's cover collaboration of Chris Isaak’s "Wicked Game" with Russian Deep House producer Anton Ishutin went viral, earning more than 13 million streams on YouTube, Deniz Reno’s work has been supported by the likes of Paul Oakenfold, Above & Beyond, Marcus Schossow, Myon & Shane 54, Tiesto and others. In 2013 the track 'Higher', Reno's collaboration with Matvey Emerson was signed to Planet Love / Armada Music and became a House-Trance crossover summer hit, subsequently released on Armada Music's numerous compilations. It was also aired on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Paraguay and in national TV ads for Canada Philippine Fashion Week. Reno's 2014 collaboration with Moonbeam "Memories" off their new album Atom via Black Hole Recordings has been included in the global electronic bestseller "In Search of Sunrise 13.5 Amsterdam" curated by Richard Durand and BT In 2015 Reno took the stage at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto and Brick and Mortar Music Hall in San Francisco with Rhys Fulber's project Conjure One. She contributed her vocals to ‘Holoscenic’ and ‘Kill The Fear', from Conjure One's Billboard Charting 4th studio album Holoscenic, released in 2015 on Armada Records. Her solo debut "Sometimes" with Lucky Sun has been included in the Armada Sunset Vol. 4 compilation. Reno's deep house collaboration "Fool for You" has been included in the Pacha Various Artists 2018 compilation, issued by Warner Music. In late 2017 Reno co-wrote and featured on a new Keys N Krates single "Something Wonderful" included on the CURA EP, released in February, 2018 via Dim Mak Records. In 2019 the CURA EP was nominated for 'Dance Recording of the Year' at the annual Canadian Juno Awards. In the spring of 2018 Reno collaborated with Grammy award nominated producer Matt Lange on a techno track titled "Are You Am I", released in Los Angeles on Lange's IsoRhythm Records. On February 19, 2019 Lange and Reno released a collaborative track titled "Space Between" on Deadmau5's label Mau5trap Records. Reno was featured in the September 2018 issue of Bali's premier luxury lifestyle print publication, Yak Magazine where she shared details about her life, career and new projects, shot by celebrity photographer Oskar Munar. In October 2018 Reno was interviewed by Exclusive News Kazakhstan in anticipation of her upcoming EP release 'Narcissus'. While vacationing in Bali in August 2018 Reno worked with well known Russian ballerina Valeriya Savvina on her new music video "Over" off the new EP Narcissus. The video premiered in November 2018. The Narcissus EP was released on November 8, 2018. That same month Esquire Magazine Kazakhstan featured Deniz Reno in a six page profile titled "The Woman We Love", naming her as the first artist born in Kazakhstan to have achieved numerous releases on major international labels. From 2015 to 2017 Deniz Reno was the front woman of Noise Revolution, a Barcelona-based Alternative Electro Rock band. Noise Revolution released its first EP titled Revelation Part 1 in April 2017. The band's remix of 'Feel Invincible' by American rockers Skillet have been released on Atlantic Records / Warner Music US.
In the arts
Deniz Rakhmanova has worked as a scenic painter on over 33 feature film and TV productions. Early in life she has had a successful career as a young visual artist in Central Asia, participating in over 24 group and solo shows internationally. She has been the recipient of several young artist achievement awards and diplomas, the most notable being presented to her at the age of 8 in the Palace of the Republic in Almaty by Kazakhstan's First Lady Sara Nazarbayeva. Her sculpture and prop work on Suicide Squad has been included in 'Suicide Squad: Behind the Scenes with the Worst Heroes Ever' Volume by Signe Bergstrom published through Harper Collins.
Personal life
Reno is the daughter of sculptors Vagif Rakhmanov and Marina Reshetnikova. Reno is the youngest niece of Azerbaijani painter Maral Rahmanzadeh. In 2016 Reno was engaged to Canadian BASE wingsuit proximity flyer and skydiver Graham Dickinson. Dickinson tragically died in a failed wingsuit BASE flight attempt in the Tianmen Mountains, China on January 25, 2017. On August 9, 2018 Reno was seen buying relief supplies for the victims of the August Lombok earthquakes while a second 6.0 magnitude quake rocked the island sending her and hundreds of shoppers running out of the supermarket in central Ubud, Bali.
