The Predecessor of Dark Ambient

Brian Eno's album On Land (1982) is a very atmospheric, organic, and lovely album. It is concise enough without restricting the album's meandering nature, one of its best attributes. The album lacks the start-stop nature known to rock music and instead embraces slow moving music buried deep in the low register. Though the keyboard is a main instrument in each track there is a prevalence of ambient sounds, including, in one track, the sounds of ducks quacking.

Honest Bob and the Factory-To-Dealer Incentives

Honest Bob is a fun indie rock group from Massachusetts with occasionally nerdy lyrics.

Second and Eighteen is the only album of their's I have heard, but it's great anyways. Enjoy.