MAKANDA at the End of Space the Beginning of Time

Uniting musicians from Kinshasa, Montreal, and Seattle, Pierre Kwenders’ second album, produced by Shabazz Palaces’ Tendai Maraire, is a wildly inventive, globe-spanning triumph.

With his latest album, the talkatively titled MAKANDA at the End of Space, the Beginning of Time, Montreal-by-way-of-Kinshasa musician Pierr...