Alan Purves is a Scottish percussionist whose instruments include drums, toys, whistles, found objects and devices he builds himself. His improvisations draw on the distinct sound and physical character of each object, allowing rhythm, humour and unexpected textures to shape a performance. His collaborators include Ernst Reijseger, Wolter Wierbos and Tobias Delius. With flutist Mark Lotz, he performs as Food Foragers; their shared work also includes live scores for experimental films by Jean Epstein and Man Ray at Eye in Amsterdam.