Any good DJ worth their salt knows the importance of a good dj tool. These tracks on their own don’t often add up to much but mixed in with other tracks do the trick for the dancers. These types of records rarely leave the bag and can really help join the dots in and out of different genres. I’ve picked the classic label ‘Rockin House’ to highlight these sort of drum workouts. Some on this list you might argue are more than just dj tools, but they are quite brilliantly basic and do the job – so good enough for me.