An electrical machine comprising a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator with an air gap therebetween is disclosed. The stator is provided with a first plurality of sources of magnetic field which is equally spaced in a circumferential configuration over the stator. The rotor is provided with a second plurality of sources of magnetic field which is equally spaced in a circumferential configuration over the rotor. The magnetic sources of at least one plurality are electromagnets; each electromagnet comprises at least one magnet coil resting on a magnet conductor. The magnetic conductor comprises at least one member made of magnetically isotropic and/or anisotropic materials.