The line works well.

I would take the MIDI part and duplicate so you can:

Layer it with a synth 1 oct below.

This means that you can have seperate filter sweeps and effects on the same synth line to give more tonal movement, important if you plan on a lot of repetition of this riff throughout the piece.

The kick you have is too weak.. too 'oompah ooompah' try a different sounding kick... something flatter but with more punch to it and defo more meat.

The hat line isnt bad but coould do with a little distoriton, say from a send, and a little more swing perhaps.

Try putting a small sound at the beginning of each 32 beat loop, or perhaps every 64 beats...

but yes danny. you're on the right track.