NTS regular Bass Clef has been hosting Open Hand Real Flames since 24 January 2018. On 7 November 2014, Bass Clef was a guest on Solid Steel; on 2 November 2014 was a guest on Tropical Waste; and on 14 March 2014 was a guest on Bleep. Bass Clef has been played on NTS over 50 times, featured on 55 episodes and was first played on 17 May 2012.

He's from Bristol, he moved to Hackney… he makes bassy music. He's called Ralph Cumbers. His first album was a bit like dubstep but he has been exploring new modular territories since then.

Albums: A Smile Is A Curve That Straightens Most Things (2006) Zamyatin Digitised (2007) May The Bridges I Burn Light The Way (2009) inner space break free (2011) Reeling Skullways (2012) (Minimum Wage) (Zero Hours) (Infinite Forest) (2018)

Besides recording on his own as Bass Clef or his other project Some Truths, Cumbers has collaborated with Nick Edwards (Ekoplekz) under the name Ekoclef, and with Heatsick under the name HSBC.