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B'day Belongs to Abel: Alegria Xtreme 12
Mark Thompson & Robert Doyle
Mar 25 2012
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WHOA! Wait a minute! Just when you might've thought it was time to phone it in and hang it up: BOOM! KA-BOOM! Birthday boy's in the room and he's throwing down a celebration. And Black Party weekend isn't over until Abel says so.

As the LED display proclaimed, flashing all around the deejay booth at Pacha, "ALEGRIA [HEART] ABEL" - and Alegria Xtreme 12 was nothing less than an all-out celebration of the man most associated with the legendary Alegria sound.

Returning to its original New York home on 46th Street, the 12th incarnation of Alegria Xtreme was a return to its sexy, dirty house roots - with a roomful of stunning specimens of manhood, all ready for another round of "MENergy," which Abel remixed and rode like a porn star in the saddle.

As Abel had mentioned earlier, 2012 marks his 34th year making music - and as evidenced by his performance at Pacha on Sunday night, the man remains at the top of his game. With steely focus and disciplined concentration, Abel lay down a tapestry of tracks that were as intricately woven together as a Persian rug. He pulled out Andrea Brown's "It's Love (Trippin')" from back in the day and ripped it into pieces to create something completely new. He sent out Madonna's "Girl Gone Wild" and Fierce Ruling Diva's "You Gotta Believe," a track long associated with Junior Vasquez. He threw down snippets of tracks that sent arms pumping in the air. He tempted and he teased the boys, edging them closer with the finesse of a master masseur. And all through Monday morning, the floor at Pacha remained packed with boys who were not calling it in, not yet, not while Abel was serving up good, old-fashioned Miami Beach vacation sex.

Alegria producer Ric Sena's decor evoked a sexy dungeon filled with libidinous nocturnal creatures so that the resultant atmosphere resembled a porn shoot directed by surrealist artist H.R. Giger. Boys of the night wandered in various stages of undress - and one fashion-crazy boy we know arrived with a roller trunk and four costume changes. This was a crowd of boys who came to dance and celebrate the freedom to be whoever they are. "Just gotta be myself, don't need nobody else," as one lyric put it.

Birthday cake was served at six a.m., and as Abel blew out the candles, the boys cheered - for Abel, for Alegria, for another year of music. And on they danced until nearly noon. Now that's a party.