Guilhem Gallart
{{Short description|French record producer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| alias = Pone
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| birth_place = Toulouse, France
| years_active = 1994–present
}}
Guilhem Gallart, known professionally as Pone, is a French record producer.{{Cite news|date=2021-06-22|title=French hip-hop artist Guilhem Gallart makes music with his eyes|language=en|work=The Straits Times|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/french-hip-hop-artist-guilhem-gallart-makes-music-with-his-eyes|access-date=2024-01-20|issn=0585-3923}} He was a member of the band Fonky Family.{{Cite web|last=Perrier|first=Agathe|date=2021-06-21|title=Vivre chez soi malgré une maladie de Charcot|url=https://marcelle.media/trakadom-charcot-pone-guilhem-gallart/|access-date=2024-01-20|website=Marcelle|language=fr-FR}}
Early life
Music
= Fonky Family =
{{Main|Fonky Family}}
In 1994, he co-created the Fonky Family band, and would produce the entirety of the group's first album which released in 1997. He was also as an independent producer for other artists including Sat l'Artificier.{{Cite web |last=Loridan |first=Carla |title=Atteint de la maladie de Charcot, Pone de la Fonky Family retrace son histoire dans un livre écrit avec ses yeux |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/people/musique/atteint-de-la-maladie-de-charcot-pone-de-la-fonky-family-retrace-son-histoire-dans-un-livre-ecrit-avec-ses-yeux_AN-202304230139.html |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=BFM TV |language=fr}} The Fonky Family disbanded in 2007.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-13 |title=The Fonky Family performing in 2024 |url=https://www.institutduhiphop.com/en/blog/hip-hop-nation-4/ff-100 |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Institut du Hip-Hop - I.H.H. |language=en-US}}
= Independent career in music =
In 2015, it was revealed that Gallart suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In 2018, in response to the lack of public information about the disease, Gallart published a book titled ALS for Dummies.{{Cite news|last=Brémond|first=Anaïs|date=2020-02-14|title=Pone: the paralysed producer making music with his eyes|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/14/pone-paralysed-producer-making-music-with-his-eyes|access-date=2024-01-20|issn=0261-3077}}
At the start of 2019, Gallart continued musical production despite his paralysis. This included the release of albums including Vision in 2020 with members of Mafia K-1 Fry and Kate & Me.{{Cite news|title=PONE FROM THE FONKY FAMILY RELEASES HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM, COMPOSED SOLELY WITH HIS EYES|work=Clique TV|url=https://www.clique.tv/premier-album-de-pone-ancien-compositeur-de-la-fonky-family-et-atteint-de-la-maladie-de-charcot/}}
In 2022, comedian Marc-Antoine Le Bret gave his voice to Gallar which allowed him to speak with a synthetic voice.{{Cite web|last=CONSTANCE|first=Véronique|date=2021-12-24|title=L'imitateur breton Marc-Antoine Le Bret rend sa voix au producteur de la Fonky Family, devenu muet|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/saint-brieuc-22000/l-imitateur-marc-antoine-le-bret-rend-sa-voix-au-producteur-de-la-fonky-family-devenu-muet-92675f16-63fd-11ec-888e-a0dffe533130|access-date=2024-01-20|website=Ouest-France.fr|language=fr}} This was made into a short documentary by Brux.{{Cite web |last=Goy |first=Héloise |last2=Delomez |first2=Gauthier |date=2022-03-24 |title=La rencontre entre Pone et Marc-Antoine Le Bret dans un documentaire de BrutX |url=https://www.europe1.fr/medias-tele/la-rencontre-entre-pone-et-marc-antoine-le-bret-dans-un-documentaire-de-brutx-4101440 |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Europe 1 |language=fr}}