As part of the communal label Not Not Fun, Sun Araw has released a number of well-received and continually groundbreaking full-lengths and singles, the first two of which -- 2008's The Phynx and Beach Head -- were psychedelic interpretations of myriad source materials, and led to the breakthrough of 2009's Heavy Deeds, which was considered by many to be Sun Araw's best at the time.

The project would continue in 2010, first with a single commemorating the opening of the Sun Ark studio begun by Stallones and his compatriots. That year would also see the release of the next Sun Araw LP, On Patrol, as well as the EP Off Duty, both on New York label Woodsist. In addition to his work with Sun Araw and Magic Lantern, Stallones was a contributor to a number of different projects, including Pocahaunted's Passage full-length.

Sun Araw kicked off 2011 with the Houston Abstros EP released by Monofonus Press in April, followed by a full-length collaboration with Eternal Tapestry entitled Night Gallery (on Thrill Jockey) in July and his next long-player, Ancient Romans, in August, on his Drag City-distributed Sun Ark label. In 2012, he joined with the like-minded M. Geddes Gengras along with the legendary reggae group the Congos on Icon Give Thank, an entry in the Rvng Intl. label's collaboration series FRKWYS. Also in 2012, he issued the first two volumes in his limited-edition cassette-only series Sun Ark Prayer Tapes, and in September released the full-length Inner Treaty. Stallones participated in an experimental electronic outfit called Celebrate Music Synthesizer Group, whose self-titled double LP was released in 2013. In 2014, Sun Araw returned with Belomancie, an experimental double album, followed in 2015 by another double album, The Gazebo Effect, credited to S. Araw "Trio" XI. In 2016, Professional Sunflow, a live double-LP collaboration between Sun Araw and new age pioneer Laraaji, was released by W.25TH, an imprint of reissue label Superior Viaduct. ~ Chris True