Synopsis

El Guincho introduces the viewer as a faux cosmic narrator, evoking the educational grandeur of Carl Sagan's Cosmos. A golden cassette is launched into the sky, opening a rapid-fire journey through sun-drenched landscapes, ritualistic tableaux, surreal comedy and erotic imagery. Women pose, perform strange actions and brandish unexpected props while El Guincho appears among planets, instruments and theatrical set pieces. Rather than following a conventional storyline, the video unfolds as a deliberately disorienting collage with the atmosphere of a psychedelic exploitation-film trailer.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Bombay" was released in 2010 as the lead single from El Guincho's album Pop Negro.

• The opening monologue deliberately echoes Carl Sagan's Cosmos. El Guincho said he had watched the series repeatedly as a child and was influenced by his mother's interest in New Age ideas.

• The clip was conceived as more than a standalone music video: it also functioned as a trailer for a planned feature-length film titled Bombay, built around El Guincho's music.

• El Guincho explained that the video's concept grew out of conversations about Cosmos, Carl Sagan and women during the early development of the project.

• The video became the breakthrough work for Barcelona-based production company CANADA. Its success on Vimeo helped bring the company international attention and established its bold, retro-surreal visual identity.

• Rockdelux named "Bombay" the best music video of 2010, alongside naming the song its best song of the year.

• Despite the video's suggestive and highly symbolic presentation, El Guincho said there was no hidden meaning behind the sequence in which a woman smashes eggs against her face. He described it as simply an absurd image.

• The clip's nudity and fetishistic imagery made it unsuitable for many mainstream music-TV outlets, but also helped make it one of the most discussed and imitated indie videos of its period.