Listeners may not get what they expected from Scott Herren’s latest effort Apropa’t, released under his Savath and Savalas sobriquet, but he knows exactly what he wants them to get out of his show at the Middle East Saturday night.

“If possible, I just hope the audience experiences tranquility – that’s what I can hope for,” he said in a phone interview.

The DJ and producer, also known under his highly successful Prefuse 73 moniker (and his lesser-known Delarosa ‘ Asora pseudonym), emerged on the Atlanta music scene several years ago as his innovative style defied expectation.

Herren’s unique vocal sampling techniques, along with his stunning melodies and beats, led to a new hip-hop sub-genre – “glitch-hop.”

On Apropa’t, Herren continues his musical metamorphosis, but he said he’s worried about “people not feeling the album because they were expecting something else.”

The album creates a beautifully constructed ambience leading to a melodic dream world, that delicately balances acoustic and electronic while infusing hints of Brazilian psychedelia and Spanish and American folk.

“It is folk a little bit, and it is psychedelic a little bit,” Herren said. “It is not gimmicky, but it is sort of an ode to that kind of music.”

The lyrical content centers on the reality of love without glorifying it.

“Love is the overriding theme of the album,” he said. “But it is the more challenging sides of love rather than the good or bad sides – the parts that no one ever sings about.”

Herren created Apropa’t while living in Spain, where he met Catalan singer-songwriter Eva Puyeulo Muns. Exchanging ideas led to a stunning compilation of melancholic, mood-inducing music enhanced by Muns’ placating vocals.

Herren then finished production in Chicago with the help of Brian Wilson and John McEntire and did some additional recording sessions with Tortoise drummer Johnny Herndon, Town and Country bassist Josh Abrams and horn players Paul Mertens and Dave Max Crawford.

Opening with the electronically produced “Introduccion,” Apropa’t wistfully voyages through broad emotional vistas. “Te Quiero por Otro Lado” and “Colores sin Nombre” contain a cool but rhythmic beach-like vibe while other tracks including “Dejame” lead to a nighttime calm with brief currents of intensity.

“It simply explores the sides of me that are the sincere sides of what has affected me culturally in my life, whether that be my culture in my true sense or whether that would be some subculture that has influenced me,” he said.

In addition to Muns, Herren also has a live band and singers Juana Molino and Vinia Mojica accompanying him on tour.