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