POR NORAP - Biography and discography, all albums and songs

POR.NORAP (also Pornorap, «Порнорэп») is a Russian music group from Moscow that formed around 2003–2004. The project became known for provocative hip-hop, satirical lyrics, black humor, deliberately grotesque characters and a combination of rap with electronic, industrial and punk aesthetics.

In digital music catalogs, POR.NORAP is usually classified as Hip-Hop/Rap, while the members themselves and the project’s biographical materials used the term digital punk. Some compositions also contain elements of noise-rap, industrial, electronic music and horrorcore aesthetics.

The group’s main early hit was «Аты-баты». Other notable works include «Новое общество», «Маршрутка», «Муж на час», «Пристав», «Гениальность», «Царь 2042», «Воля», «Банкрот», «Благо», «Сектант» and «Кровавый цирк».

The formation of POR.NORAP

The history of the group began in Moscow in the early 2000s. Early biographical materials connect the project’s emergence with a circle of young musicians and writers who experimented with rap, humor and improvisation.

Gradually, the core lineup of the first period took shape:

• Pokh (Pavel Pavlyuchuk) — vocals, rap, lyrics;
• Palych (Alexander Alyabyev) — rap and participation in creating the early material;
• Kosar — vocal parts and backing vocals;
• Alex KZN (Alexander Karazin) — music and studio production.

From its earliest recordings, POR.NORAP built songs not around conventional serious rap storytelling, but around exaggerated characters. The narrator could be a soldier, criminal, official, maniac or a caricatured representative of a particular social group.

This approach allowed the group to use deliberately crude language and absurdity not as isolated provocation, but as part of the project’s satirical language.

Pornorap

The first full-length album, Pornorap, dates back to 2004.

Its digital version includes the following tracks:

• «Соседи»;
• «Аты-баты»;
• «Актёр»;
• «Поезд Порнорэпа»;
• «Лучше бы он пил пиво»;
• «Олд скул (Бабка)»;
• «Фаст-фуд»;
• «Паранойя»;
• «Маньяк»;
• «Новое общество» and other works.

The album established the main characteristics of early POR.NORAP: rough rap delivery, surreal humor, deliberately lowbrow aesthetics and lyrics structured as caricatured stories.

«Аты-баты»

The best-known composition of the first period was «Аты-баты».

The song is structured as a grotesque monologue by a serviceman and uses aggressive language, absurdity and an exaggerated narrator persona.

Over time, the composition became POR.NORAP’s main signature track. After the group’s return, it was repeatedly reissued and reworked, including a remake and the 2019 Remaster version.

The song first entered the official digital catalog as part of the 2004 album Pornorap.

«Новое общество»

Another important early work was «Новое общество».

POR.NORAP’s social-satirical side is particularly noticeable here. Beneath the outwardly crude and absurd form lies a caricature of mass culture, changing social norms and social degradation.

The composition returned to the catalog several times. In 2006, a reworked version appeared on the second album, while in 2021–2022 the group released another modern remake.

«Тема пелотки»

The second album, «Тема пелотки», was released on February 11, 2006.

It included:

• «Маршрутка»;
• «Аты-баты (Remake)»;
• «Дикий бутерброд»;
• «Псы войны»;
• «В стиле гуд С.С.С.Р.»;
• «Ни шиша для США»;
• «Техно е-да!»;
• «Детский ОМОН»;
• «Попадос на лавандос»;
• «Новое общество (Remix)»;
• «Сотрудник абортария»;
• «Психушка».

Compared with the debut, the electronic side became more prominent. Some tracks used straightforward club rhythms, while rap was increasingly combined with deliberately synthetic arrangements.

This period best demonstrates why POR.NORAP is difficult to define simply as a “rap group.” The project used hip-hop primarily as a foundation while freely adding elements of electronic and alternative music.

The first breakup

After releasing two albums and performing a series of shows, POR.NORAP gradually reduced its activity.

By 2007, the members had gone their separate ways and the project ceased regular activity.

The break turned out to be lengthy. During the following decade, the group released almost no new material, while the early recordings continued to circulate independently of full-scale live or studio activity.

POR.NORAP returns

In the second half of the 2010s, POR.NORAP began returning to musical activity.

The key figures of the new phase were Pokh and Alex KZN. The music production became noticeably more modern, but the group retained the principles of its old songs — grotesque stories, social satire, profanity and deliberate violations of genre conventions.

The comeback happened gradually: new compositions appeared alongside reworked material from the first period.

«Бронетрусы»

The next major release was the album «Бронетрусы».

In the current Apple Music catalog, the album is dated 2017, although POR.NORAP’s active public comeback is usually associated with the subsequent period of the second half of the 2010s.

The current digital version contains 12 tracks:

• «Муж на час»;
• «Гуляй нога»;
• «Раненый дракон»;
• «Морозофф Дэд»;
• «Хейтер»;
• «Спермомёт»;
• «Пристав»;
• «Аты-баты (2019 Remaster)»;
• «Олд скул (Бабка) (2019 Remaster)»;
• «Техно е-да»;
• «Вирусы в трусы»;
• «200кг неуправляемой свиньи».

The material presents an updated version of POR.NORAP: the electronic component became denser, while the production was significantly more modern than on the early recordings.

At the same time, the remasters of «Аты-баты» and «Олд скул» directly connected the new phase with the first album.

«Пристав»

One of the most notable songs of this period was «Пристав».

The composition is structured as another character monologue typical of POR.NORAP — this time from the perspective of a caricatured court bailiff.

The group’s main satirical mechanism works particularly clearly here: the performer speaks from the character’s point of view, while the song gradually turns that character into a grotesque embodiment of abuse of power.

Паранойя 2020 and the return of social satire

During the new period, the group continued to reinterpret ideas from its first album.

The composition «Паранойя 2020» became a modern continuation of the early «Паранойя», while new songs increasingly addressed economics, power, social fears, mass behavior and internet culture.

In 2020, «Гениальность» was also released and was later included in the next full-length project.

Ekler

In the early 2020s, a new member under the stage name Ekler joined POR.NORAP.

His style differed noticeably from Pokh’s: a higher voice and calmer rap delivery created additional contrast within the songs.

Ekler’s period in the group was relatively short. By 2021, his place in the later lineup had been taken by a new member, Razorviimpalo.

«Деяния славнейших»

In 2021, POR.NORAP released the album «Деяния славнейших».

The project became one of the most conceptual works of the group’s later period.

The album included:

• «Гомо ГМО»;
• «Царь 2042»;
• «Воля (Продолжение Аты-Баты)»;
• «Банкрот»;
• «Кусок мяса»;
• «Гениальность»;
• «Паранойя»;
• «Новое общество (Remake)»;
• «Дикий бутерброд (Remake)» and other material.

The album simultaneously continues and reconstructs early POR.NORAP. Several old storylines receive modern versions, while new works use a different historical and social context.

«Царь 2042»

«Царь 2042» became one of the most characteristic satirical works of the new period.

The song is structured as a monologue by a fictional future ruler. Through this exaggerated character, the group mocks authoritarianism, the cult of power, political manipulation and society’s willingness to exchange freedom for the illusion of stability.

The composition had already been presented separately in 2020 before later appearing on «Деяния славнейших».

«Воля» — a continuation of «Аты-баты»

The song «Воля» is explicitly presented as a continuation of «Аты-баты».

This is a characteristic technique of later POR.NORAP: instead of simply performing an old hit, the group returns to a familiar character or storyline many years later and examines it under new circumstances.

As a result, the early and later periods are connected not only through remasters, but also through a shared internal mythology.

«Банкрот»

«Банкрот» is built around a character who has lost financial stability and attempts to explain his situation in the crudest and most primitive language possible.

The official digital credits list Alexander Karazin and Pavel Pavlyuchuk among the songwriters.

The composition clearly demonstrates the structure of POR.NORAP’s later satire: a social problem is not discussed directly, but shown through a narrow-minded and exaggerated character.

Razorviimpalo

In 2021, a member under the name Razorviimpalo joined the later lineup.

Together with Pokh, he participated in subsequent compositions and developed the model of two contrasting voices.

This lineup is especially noticeable in the material from the final album period, where rap is often structured as a dialogue or alternation between characters.

Благо with Otto Dix

One of POR.NORAP’s most notable outside collaborations was the composition «Благо», recorded with the group Otto Dix.

The single was released on October 22, 2021.

The collaboration appears logical because both projects share an interest in dark theatricality, electronic music and grotesque imagery, although their musical languages differ considerably.

For POR.NORAP, the composition became a rare example of a full release created with another established alternative group.

«Последний Альбом»

In October 2022, the full-length release «Последний Альбом» appeared.

It continued the darker and more socially oriented direction of the previous work.

This period includes compositions such as «Сектант», «Кровавый цирк», «Земский доктор» and other songs.

Despite the title, it should not automatically be interpreted as an official statement that the group had ceased to exist. However, at present this record remains POR.NORAP’s latest major album release.

«Сектант» and «Кровавый цирк»

In «Сектант», the object of satire is the mechanism by which a charismatic leader exploits followers.

«Кровавый цирк» uses the image of a circus as a grotesque model of society in which spectacle, money, power and manipulation become parts of one system.

Both works demonstrate POR.NORAP’s evolution compared with the early albums: the shock element remains, but is increasingly used within a more obvious social allegory.

Musical style

POR.NORAP is difficult to assign to a single specific genre.

The foundation remains hip-hop and rap delivery, but around it the group uses:

• digital punk;
• electronic music;
• industrial;
• noise aesthetics;
• punk-style delivery;
• elements of horrorcore;
• deliberately primitive club rhythms;
• grotesque theatrical vocals.

The early recordings sound significantly rougher and less technologically polished, while the music of the later period relies much more heavily on electronic production and dense digital processing.

Satire and fictional characters

One of POR.NORAP’s key features is the use of an unreliable and deliberately caricatured narrator.

The group often writes songs not from a neutral authorial perspective, but from the point of view of a character whose views, actions and language are themselves part of the satire.

For this reason, literally equating the content of such songs with the musicians’ personal views does not always reflect how the work is constructed.

POR.NORAP’s official descriptions and video materials have repeatedly emphasized that the characters and events are fictional and should not be interpreted as calls for violence or unlawful actions.

Humor and provocation

Provocation had been part of POR.NORAP since the first album, but shock language alone does not explain the project’s longevity.

The main technique is to push a character or situation to the point of absurdity. The army, state institutions, commerce, subcultures, religion, relationships, mass culture and social fears are transformed into caricatured worlds.

Crudeness often becomes a characteristic of the song’s protagonist himself: the more ridiculous and aggressive he sounds, the clearer the satirical attitude toward him becomes.

Return to live performances

After resuming activity, POR.NORAP also returned to the concert stage.

In 2021, performances titled «Возвращение легенды» took place in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.

In the autumn of the same year, the group also participated in a joint event with Otto Dix in Moscow.

Thus, the new period of POR.NORAP existed not only as a digital reissue of the old catalog: the project once again performed live and presented new material.

POR.NORAP lineup

First period

• Pokh (Pavel Pavlyuchuk) — vocals, rap, lyrics;
• Palych (Alexander Alyabyev) — rap, lyrics;
• Kosar — additional vocal parts;
• Alex KZN (Alexander Karazin) — music and production.

Later period

• Pokh — vocals, rap, lyrics;
• Razorviimpalo — vocals and rap;
• Alex KZN — music and studio production.

In 2020–2021, Ekler also participated in the project.

POR.NORAP discography

• Pornorap — 2004;
• «Тема пелотки» — 2006;
• «Бронетрусы» — dated 2017 in digital catalogs;
• «Деяния славнейших» — 2021;
• «Последний Альбом» — 2022.

Other notable releases

• «Гениальность» — 2020;
• «Блоссом Иски (Degroid Rap)» — 2021;
• «Благо» with Otto Dix — 2021;
• «Новое общество (Remake Version)» — 2021/2022;
• «Кровавый цирк» — 2021–2022 period.

POR.NORAP’s place in the Russian underground

POR.NORAP emerged during an era when the distribution of independent music still depended heavily on local communities, file sharing, physical discs and the early internet. As a result, the group’s initial recognition developed very differently from that of artists from the social media and streaming era.

The project stood out not so much because of its technical approach to rap, but because of its own method of constructing characters. Where a traditional performer often tries to speak in the first person as convincingly as possible, POR.NORAP uses the first person as a satirical mask.

After a break of many years, the group managed to transfer this model into a different technological era: electronic production became more modern, while the subject matter expanded from everyday grotesque toward political, social and economic satire.

POR.NORAP occupies a distinct place between rap, digital punk and musical absurdism. From the early «Аты-баты» and «Новое общество» to «Царь 2042», «Деяния славнейших» and «Последний Альбом», the project has preserved one central principle: speaking about unpleasant and absurd aspects of society through maximally exaggerated characters, crude humor and a deliberately provocative form.