^^^ agreed, in my experience, full body compound movements worked best for me for loosing some weight, but still gaining a small amount of muscle mass. Just remember, that it is difficult to gain a lot of muscle without adding some body fat unfortunately.
However, perhaps you can still adjust your diet to allow for some less calories, but still enough to gain muscle.
It's trial and error, see what your body adjusts to best and go from there. I'm sure you'll be adjusting as time goes on!
good luck!

cheers.