Tuned world percussion.
Send per track with Rev and Dly. Both effects cut their own low end (reverb below 250 Hz, delay below 300 Hz), so kick and bass stay clean. The delay is synced to the BPM, with tape-style filtering and a touch of wow in the feedback.
Low gives weight, mid speaks the language of the rhythm, high gives drive. Don't let all three play busy at once.
Give one track a different length (3, 5, 7, 12 or 20 steps) and it slides across the bar. That creates a trance without adding a single note.
Put the shaker a few milliseconds behind the beat and the clave just ahead of it. That is groove quantize can't give you.